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get some expert to show him the various modus 

 operandi, which are much more quickly acquired by 

 being seen in practice than merely read about. After 

 this, it will, no doubt, be found handy to refer to these 

 notes as memoranda of methods for tying the different 

 varieties, some of which are only occasionally required. 

 We are aware that some fly-dressers do not follow the 

 sequence here given, in tying, in the various materials, 

 but the amateur will, we think, find them at least as 

 handy as any others, and we know from long experi- 

 ence that they give thoroughly sound and satisfactory 

 results in practice. 



