104 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER, 
to five, and sometimes ten pounds, and take the natural 
fly freely ; and if the angler puts Dr. Peard’s charming 
little book, “ A Year of Liberty,” into his portmanteau, 
he will need no abler or more agreeable guide. 
An analogous system to that above described is pur- 
sued occasionally on some streams in England; but on 
others it is strictly prohibited, and on many hardly con- 
sidered fair fishing. The circumstances of the two cases, 
however, are entirely different. 
