CHAPTER XVII. 



MISCELLANEOUS IMPLEMENTS. 



" My rod and my line, my float and my lead, 



My hook and my plummet, my whetstone and knife, 

 My basket, my baits, both living and dead, 



My net and my meat, for that is the chief: 

 Then I must have thread, and hairs green and small, 

 With mine angling-purse, and so you have all." 



IZAAK WALTON. 



THE FLY-BOOK. 



AMONG the necessary adjuncts to the fly-fisher's outfit 

 is the fly-book, whose pages, well-filled, are more interest- 

 ing to the angler than the best written pages of classic 

 lore, poetry, or fiction. Fly-books are now made of many 

 patterns and sizes, and of various grades of quality and 

 material. They are constructed of calf-skin, pig-skin, 

 Morocco, or Russia-leather, with parchment leaves for 

 holding the flies. Those with the " Hyde," or metal-clip, 

 for keeping the flies separate and at full length, are the 

 best and most satisfactory, for obvious reasons. They are 

 made in various lengths, from five to seven inches ; and 

 of a capacity^ for holding from three dozen to a gross 

 of flies. 



There is nothing neater, better, or more substantial in 

 this line than Abbey & Imbrie's " Southside " fly-book. 

 It is made of Russia-leather, with strap and patent clasp ; 

 has double parchment leaves, well-stitched, and is provided 



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