. 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. 438 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. There is one- tiling more I want to tell you before I close this chapter, which almost unconsciously to me has assumed the style of an epistle (I hope I am not too familiar on so short an acquai
. 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. 438 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. There is one- tiling more I want to tell you before I close this chapter, which almost unconsciously to me has assumed the style of an epistle (I hope I am not too familiar on so short an acquaintance); it is this: do not throw away all your first attempts that appear big-headed or wild in their habili- ments, for a much rougher-looking fly than you suppose will kill; but if you are ashamed to let them be seen by the "old ones," lay them in the back folds of your fly-book to give away to the boys on your fishing excursions, for you will be very apt to meet some dumpy, pigeon-toed little fellow on the stream or in the road, who will salute you with,. 'Please Sik, give me a Fly-hook I'. 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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