Winchester measure Date" and presumed to be from c. 1250 - 1305. It states, "By Consent of the whole Realm the King’s Measure was made, so that an English Penny, which is called the Sterling, round without clipping, shall weigh Thirty-two Grains of Wheat dry in the midst of the Ear; Twenty-pence make an Ounce; and Twelve Ounces make a Pound, and Eight Pounds make a Gallon of Wine; and Eight Gallons of Wine make a Bushel of London; which is the Eighth Part of a Quarter." In 1496, "An Act for Weights and Measures" (12 Henry VII. c5.) stated "That the
Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice (1889) is British author and angler Frederic M. Halford's second and most influential book on dry fly fishing. It followed "Floating Flies and How to Dress Them" (1886) and this pair of books initiated some 40 years of a rigid, and sometimes dogmatic school, the Halfordian school, of dry fly fishing, especially on English chalk streams. The work also played a significant role in the development of dry-fly fishing in America. Whereas "Floating Flies and How to Dress Them" was about the dry fly, fly tying and to