iv CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER ^^°^ 



HOLMES'S RODS 39 



SALMON RODS 40 



TROUT RODS 41 



HOOKS, with two illustrations • 42 



IV. THE MILLS OF TREFJilEW , with an illustration 47 



SALMON RISING 48 



THE HABITS OF FISH 49 



TOM AND THE SALMON 32 



LARGE SALMON • 54 



SIZE OF FISH 55 



V. HABITS OF SALMON 58 



^ CASTING LINE 59 



COLOUR OF GUT 60 



DIRECTIONS FOR DYEING GUT 61 



RECIPES FOR DYEING GUT 62 



RECIPES FOR TRANSPARENT WAX 65 



COLEMAN'S INSTRUMENT CASE 67 



LOOFS, with two iliustrations 68 



WAXING ^^ 



^ THE INVISIBLE KNOT, with three illustrations 71 



FOOTLINES '^^ 



WEIGHT OF FISH IN WATER 74 



SIZE OF LINES '^5 



FOOTLINES • '^^ 



KNOTS IN LINES, with three illustrations 77 



WATER KNOTS, with four illustrations 80 



WHIPPING OFF FLIES 82 



THROWING THE FLY, with three'illustrations 84 



VL FANCY'S DIFFICULTIES AND FANCY'S DANGERS 104 



VIL RECIPE FOR POTTING FISH 108 



THROWING THE FLY, with two illustrations HO 



THROWING AMONG TREES, with two illustrations 125 



THROWING UNDER TREES, HOW TO DISEN- 

 TANGLE TACKLE 129 



THROWING UNDER BUSHES 132 



VIII. THEOPHILUS AND T^RO SETOUT 136 



RECIPE FOR PRESERVING TROLLING LINES .. 137 

 THE RECTOR'S POOL LLAHnWST, with an illustration 139 



IX. SIZE OF FISH IN WATER 14* 



HEARING OF FISH ^45 



