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Enumeration of the most usual haunts of the trout and 

 other fish. Note from Johnson. Timorous anglers. 

 Missing a rise. Caution necessary in approaching 

 the water. " Fishing fine and far off." Cotton. 

 Rules for playing and landing a fish. The reel. 

 Precipitancy, a great error. Francks. Gut bot- 

 toms. Wear of tackle. Flies necessary for a 

 day's angling. Tying your own flies. The na- 

 tural water fly. Where found. Length and strength 

 of rod. Advantage of a stiff rod. Hair fly lines. 

 Knotted lines prevalent in Wales. Their inconve- 

 niences. Single hair bottoms. Colour to be varied 

 according to that of the water. Final instructions for 

 ensuring success - 41 46 



NATURAL FLIES peculiar to the Welsh rivers, with the 

 best mode of imitating them. Size of hooks - 47 49 



The four-winged brown - 49 



The blue dun - 51 



The March brown, its prevalence on the Uske - 53 



The cow-dung fly - - 55 



The green tail, or granam - - 56 



The purple, or iron blue - - 57 



The sand fly - 58 



The stone fly 59 



The hawthorn fly 61 



The black gnat - 62 



The oak fly - 63 



The grizzle hackle - 64 



The yellow sally - 65 



The green drake - 66 



The grey drake - 67 



The fernshaw - 68 



The black-shelled shorn fly ~ 69 



The red-shelled shorn fly - 70 



The red spinner - ib. 



The sky blue - 71 



Red and black ant flies - - - 72 



