FLY-RODS AND FLY-TACKLE. 



Suggestions as to their Manufacture and Use. By Hbney 

 P. Wells. Illustrated, pp. 364. Post 8vo, Illumi- 

 nated Cloth, $2 50. 



Mr. Wells has devoted more time and attention to the materials used in 

 fly-fishing than any person we Icnow of, and his experience is well set forth 

 in this most valuable booi£. * * * The author is an amateur rod-malier who 

 has experimented with every wood known to rod manufacturers, as well as 

 with some that are not known to them, and therefore he is an undoubted 

 authority on the subject. This chapter and the one following, which gives 

 directions in rod-making, forms the most perfect treatise on rods extant. 

 * * * The book is one of great value, and will take its place as a standard 

 authority on all points of which it treats, and we cannot commend it too 

 highly. — Forest and Stream, N, Y. 



Since Izaak Walton lingered over themes piscatorial, we have learned to 

 expect, in all essays on the gentle art of angling, a certain daintiness and 

 elegance of Uterary form as well as technical utility. Publisher and author 

 have co-operated to meet these traditional requirements in "Fly-Rods and 

 Fly-Tackle." * * * Mr. Wells's competence to expound the somewhat in- 

 tricate principles and delicate processes of fly-fishing will be plain to any 

 reader who himself has some practical acquaintance with the art discussed. 

 The value of the author's instructions and suggestions is signally enhanced 

 by their minuteness and lucidity. — N. Y. Sun. 



A complete manual for the ambitious lover of fishing for trout. * * * All 

 lovers of fly-fishing should have Mr. Wells's book in their outfit for the 

 sport that is near at hand. — Philadelphia Bulletin. 



' Mr. Wells reveals to us the mysteries of lines, leaders, and reels, rods, 

 rod material, and rod-making. He lets us into the secret of making re- 

 pairs, and gives all due directions for casting the fly. * * * Moreover, Mr. 

 Wells writes in an attractive style. There is a certain charm in the heart- 

 iness and grace wherewith he expresses his appreciation of those beauties 

 of nature which the angler has so unlimited an opportunity of enjoying. 

 Thus what may be called not only a technical, but also a scientific, knowl- 

 edge of his subject is combined with a keen delight in hill, stream, and for- 

 est for the sake of the varied loveliness they display. — Jf. Y. Telegram. 



A book of practical hints about the manufacture and use of anglers' 

 gear. Fish-hooks, lines, leaders, rods and rod-making, repairs, flies and 

 fly-fishing, are among the important subjects discussed with great fulness. 

 The essay on "Casting the Fly" and "Miscellaneous Suggestions" are 

 rich in points for beginners. ' It is to the latter, and not to the experts, 

 that Mr. Wells modestly dedicates his work. His object is to supply pre- 

 cisely the kind of information of which he stood so much in need during 

 his own novitiate. — M. Y. Journal of Commerce. 



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