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that I give the palm to London-made tackle, though 

 perhaps more trash is made up in London than elsewhere. 

 This is the " cheap and bad" class. At the well-known 

 shops of our chief metropolitan thoroughfares the best of 

 all tackle is sold, most of the shops manufacturing their 

 own goods of the best materials, and employing their own 

 workmen. The names of many of these establishments 

 are "household words " among anglers — such as Messrs. 

 Little and Co., Williams and Co., Alfred and Sons, 

 Aldred, Parlow, Bowness, &c. These sell only the 

 best tackle. Some persons may perhaps class their 

 wares under the " dear and good." Certainly good 

 and in one sense dear, because, as a rule in life, all good 

 articles required for constant use are dear. Dear too, 

 because almost all goods in the shops of our chief metro- 

 politan thoroughfares are dearer than those in less 

 frequented streets and out-of-the-way districts, for the 

 simple reason that shop-rent in the former is much dearer 

 than in the latter. You may find, here and there, if you 

 like to take the trouble to look for them, and if you are a 

 judge in such matters, makers and sellers of " good and 

 cheap " tackle in quiet streets and secluded quarters, and 

 some of these make for the first-class shops which convert 

 the " good and cheap " into the " good and dear." A 

 great deal of good and moderately cheap tackle is made 

 at Nottingham, but I know that some which is sold 

 there is manufactured in London. My advice, however, 

 to anglers, is to go to the " good and dear " shops, for 

 there they are certain to get what they want. Experi- 

 ments in " cheap " tackle generally end in disaster, loss 

 of fish, and loss of temper, for even our " perfect " angler 

 can be ruffled. 



