CHAPTER VI 



LOOSE STRANDS 



in attaining popularity, 

 it is rarely seen in use. 



'AN, whatever his politi- 

 cal persuasion, is at heart 

 conservative. He is slow 

 to adopt an innovation. 

 Its advantasres must be 

 obvious or his necessities 

 great ere he gives it a 

 ready welcome. Even 

 when its advantages are 

 obvious, he does not in- 

 variably receive it with 

 acclamation. Numerous 

 and patent as its merits 

 are, the eyed-fly is long 

 Except among dry-fly anglers, 

 I have but once encountered 



a wet-fly fisher with whom it had found favour ; many 



