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tlirotigh tlic loop which is seen it-, the drawing. Now make a half- 

 hitcli at the knotted end, put the loop, thus formed, over the tail r.nd 

 pull taut. 



This is an improvement on the old method, seeing that the string 

 cannot sliii ever the nr.sc of the hsli and part company. 



Messrs. Redpath and Co., Twcedside Works, Kclso-on-Tweed, 

 the well-known wholesale fishing rod and tackle manufacturers for 

 the continental, home, and colonial markets, have, like some other 

 firms, made rapid advance in late years in all their separate 

 departments. 



The more recent effect of the progress of this firm is, perhap;, 

 due to improvement in fly work, which has raised them in the front 

 rank of this important handicraft. Indeed, it is a relief to be able to 

 purchase salmon flies, not only dressed with the best materials, but 

 also true to pattern. The retail trade will be glad to know that these 

 distinctive qualities characterise the work of the staff of dresscr.s 

 employed by this Scotch firm. 



AN IMPROVEMENT ON HERON HACKLES. 



An excellent substitute for heron hackles is to be found in large 

 lantity on the Crown Pigeon— in French, the Gourah. The hackles 



