HOW TO OBTAIN IT. 



CHAPTER I. 



FISH PONDS CONSTRUCTION. 



How not to make them How to make them Wafer supply Sluices and over- 

 flow ' ' Safety valve " Leaf Screens Ponds to be off the stream Flood water kept 

 out Spawning beds Barren water Cultivation Artificial Spates Storage of 

 water Outlet screen Effect of wind Material for screens Various kinds and 

 importance of screens Fontinalis rising to the fly Bottom outlets How to work 

 them. 



A N " Angler's Paradise " may now be placed within the reach of 

 everyone who can handle a fishing rod. " How to obtain 

 it " is the question before us. This I shall endeavour to answer, 

 so far at least as to enable all who have the facilities, to commence 

 operations forthwith. To enter into all details would be hardly 

 within the bounds of possibility in so small a space. I must ask 

 the reader, therefore, to pardon me if I appear not to refer with 

 sufficient fulness to all matters connected with the subject. I 

 will do my best to make matters plain and easy for all. Already 

 many public waters exist where fishing may be had by anyone on 

 fairly reasonable terms. There are other places also in course of 

 formation, where the working-man can spend his Saturday afternoon 

 or Bank holiday. It is now quite easy in many localities, by co- 

 operation, for a working-man's club to provide excellent angling 

 for the members at a very moderate cost. 



In connection with the country house, mansion, or shooting 

 lodge, a series of fish ponds will soon become in many cases a 

 necessity. They need not in any way interfere with the five or 

 ten mile walks up-stream or the delightful hours spent in the 

 solitary glen or on the mountain loch. Rather will they become 

 accessory or supplementary to such excursions, for they may be 



