APPENDIX. 



FLIES, RODS, REELS, AND LINES. 



Since the body of this book was written, the tackle- 

 makers have taken it into their heads to give the fishing 

 world the most wonderful assortment of flies that the 

 mind of man could have conceived, and far beyond any- 

 thing that nature could in her most festive moods have 

 produced. I give them not because I believe any such 

 assortment to be necessary for the angler or tempting to 

 the fish, but because they are so wonderful in themselves 

 and so very attractive to the tyro who fancies that beauty 

 of tackle is going to produce fulness of creel. I am in- 

 debted for them less to my own knowledge than to the 

 kindness of Mr. "W. Holberton who, to excellence as a 

 fly-fisherman, has had the good fortune to add experience 

 in the business. So firmly have some of them established 

 their reputation that a modern book on angling would not 

 be complete without them. 



The strongest flies are tied with reversed wings, as they 

 will last much longer. Use highest-quality sproat hooks 

 and selected white or mist-colored gut snells. Salmon 

 flies are now often tied on small double hooks, instead of 

 on large ones, as formerly. For salmon flies even more 

 care should be taken in choosing the gut, as not only is 

 the fish larger, but the loss of a salmon is more serious 

 than the loss of a trout. * 



The following list comprises all those of any value sold 

 in the shops, whether copied from nature or evolved from 



