. The American angler's book: embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them. With instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making; and directions for fish-breeding. To which is appended, Dies piscatoriae: describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing. Illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. 420 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOR. would rather commend him to some friend who is an adept, or to a professional fly-maker. A few hours spent with a skilful fly-dresser is worth a volume of written directions and illustrations. I
. The American angler's book: embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them. With instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making; and directions for fish-breeding. To which is appended, Dies piscatoriae: describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing. Illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. 420 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOR. would rather commend him to some friend who is an adept, or to a professional fly-maker. A few hours spent with a skilful fly-dresser is worth a volume of written directions and illustrations. Implements.—The amateur fly-tier of the present day has many little implements which assist him greatly: there is the pin-vice, which are fingers to him, holding the hook securely; spring-pliers, or, as some call them, forceps, to assist in hack- ling ; a stout darning-needle to pick out the dubbing; a pair of sharp scissors, &c., &c. These can be kept in a wallet or large pocket-book, with the materials for making flies. The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877. Philadelphia, E. H. Butler
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