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much more stable boats made of inflated india-rubber : I see 

 I have omitted to mention the name of another firm, C. W. 

 Meiter &c Co., of Gracechurch Street, who also obtained at 

 the Fisheries Exhibition a prize for their folding boats, of which 

 the smallest ^ize draws only two inches ot water, and is 

 claimed to be ' unsinkable.' 



So now I have said my say about rods and rod woods, reels, 

 reel lines, hooks, knots, and angling paraphernalia generally; and 

 I repeat that I am not so sanguine as to suppose that anything 



TACKLE AND FLY-TYING 

 VICE. 



MR. p:ardley holt S 



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I have adduced will convert a single veteran to deviate a hair's 

 breadth fcom his own approved patterns and theories, to add a 

 few eyed hooks to his fly-case, or to shorten the length of 

 salmon rod a single inch. . . . And this is just as it should be. 

 Uniformity would be monotonous, and I am all for ' liberty 



