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wallet, but the only purpose served by their diversity 

 is the gratification of his aesthetic sense. Between 

 Tweedside and John o' Groat's the half-dozen patterns 

 prescribed by Stewart will suffice for all his wants. 

 The trout he fails to entice with these will be found 

 insensible to the charms of the most seductive-looking 

 lures he likes to offer them. If, however, he is not 

 satisfied with Stewart's flies, he may furnish himself 

 with those of Mr. Cholmondeley-Pennell.. Since he 

 will find one selection quite as useful as the other, it is 

 a matter of indifference which he chooses. But he has 

 no need to adopt either unless he pleases ; in making 

 his choice he may safely rely on his own taste, which 

 he will certainly find in harmony with that of the fish. 



Mr. Cholmondeley-Pennell maintains that the first 

 three flies on his list are indispensable to the loch- 

 fisher. It is a courageous statement, but we may pre- 

 sume that he feels justified In making it. Personally, 

 I am aware of no fly with which we could not dispense 

 without a sacrifice of sport, but were I asked with 

 which lure I should be least willing to part, I should 

 answer, unhesitatingly, the Red Hackle — in any of its 

 varied dressings. It seems that every angler has a 

 favourite fly, a fly he is never willingly without, and 

 that named is mine. I am not, however, in a position 



