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three or four flies in their book ! Their ideas must be accepted as 

 affording remarkable evidence of the want of varied experience, particu- 

 larly that experience which led me to my variations in fly-work, now with 

 this object, now with that, and which brought to light so many practical 

 advantages of the system. Perhaps I should say that, in the progress of 

 my experiments, every failure was a step to success ; every detection of 

 what was bad and fruitless helped me to iind what was really wanted. 



In concluding these observations, it is a great privilege to be able to 

 state that the descriptive particulars of all the above flies, save and 

 except those referring to the "Butcher," "Gordon," "Gold Eiach," a 

 few introduced by Miss Daly (now Mrs. Courtney) and those of my own, 

 have been read and approved by that one living authority, Colonel 

 Bichardson, on whom Salmon Anglers and dressers alike may place the 

 utmost reliance for his wide experience and accurate knowledge of the 

 whole subject. 



Anglers can inspect all the Standard patterns at Farlows. The 

 trade can be supplied wholesale by Eedpath and Co., and they can rely 

 on getting all shades of the dyed materials with scarcely a fault. 



