|
Collectable Fly Fishing Cast Boxes.
Collectable Fly Fishing Cast-Boxes THE MONTREAL COMBINED SALMON-FLY AND CAST-BOX. (Farlow. Designed by J as. Law, Esq.) For small single and double-hook flies and casting lines long, 3 inches wide, of an inch deep. A LARGER SIZE OF THE SAME BOX (MALLOCH's PATENT) TO HOLD 30 FLIES AND CASTING LINES. 7 inches long, 4 inches wide, of an inch deep, fitted with German silver springs. 'PORTABLE' SALMON-FLY BOX. (Malloch.) Japanned tin. Length, 8 inches ; width, 5 inches ; depth, if, inch. In this toox each fly is secured by the head of the hook slipping under a ' notched ' steel spring. MALLOCH'S KYRD SF.A-TROUT OR TROUT FLY-CASKS. RHOADES' 'SAFETY' BOX FOR CASTING LINES. Japanned black outside, and white enamel inside. Made with a flanged rim, which is useful to prevent the casts from being damaged in closing the box. Sizes 4! Inches wide, 3 inch deep ; or 5 inches wide, i inch deep DOUBLE CAST AND DAMPER BOX. (Farlow.) The following are specially designed for Eyed Trout flies : POCKET BOX' FOR EYED TROUT-FLIES. (Bowness.) Japanned tin, oval, cork-lined, 35 inches long by 2 inches wide. Admirably adapted for carrying in the pocket a selection of flies for the day's fishing. The cork is, or should be, corrugated, or cut in grooves across and across. The same remark applies to all cork lined fly-boxes, as the flies very quickly lose their hold in smooth or uncorrugated cork. ' CORRUGATED CORK ' EYED FLY AND CAST BOX Invented by R. A. Briggs, Esq., and made by Farlow. Fitted with cork for holding eyed, trout-flies, and the lid for casts and gutcutters and tweezers. The best preservative for feathers and furs is ' naphtholine, 1 obtainable from any druggist. Camphor, which is often used, soon evaporates.
|