44 THE DRY-FLY MAN'S HANDBOOK 



stages of making it are shown in Figs. 19, 20, 21, 

 22, and 23. 



The ideal fly-box has not even yet been invented. 



We know that fixing the points 



Fly-boxes. of the hooks into flannel, felt, 



cork, or any other substance 

 is a mistake — resulting in rust which is fatal to the 

 hook-point. Most of us carry our flies in boxes 



Fig. 19 



Fig. 21 



Fig. 23 



divided into a number of compartments. Messrs. 

 Farlow have designed such a box to contain the new 

 set of patterns in " Modern Development of the Dry- 

 fly," and the following is their description of this box : 



"THE MODERN DEVELOPMENT FLY-BOX" 



" An adaptation of a well-tried form of fly-box to 

 hold a complete set of the latest patterns is shown in 

 Fig. 24." 



" Size 7i X 3^ X 1^ — a trifle large possibly for the 

 ordinary pocket, but not for the bag or basket, and 



