THE 

 DRY-FLY MAN'S HANDBOOK 



CHAPTER I 



ROD AND TACKLE 



The manufacture of fishing-rods and tackle has 

 become highly specialized of late years, and realizing 

 that no amateur can by any possibility be an expert 

 on the subject, I have not hesitated to consult members 

 of the trade in whose judgment and bona-fides I have 

 full confidence. Mr. J. J. Hardy (managing director 

 of Hardy Brothers, Ltd., of Alnwick, and 6i Pall 

 Mall), and Mr. W. A. Hunter (manager of C. Farlow 

 and Co., Ltd., of lo Charles Street, St. James's 

 Square), have given me freely the benefit of their 

 knowledge and unrivalled experience, and I feel 

 myself under great obligations to both of them for 

 the incalculable assistance they have rendered to 

 make this chapter descriptive of the latest modern 

 improvements in rods and tackle designed for the 

 use of the dry-fly fisherman. 



