FISHING 



1NTKODUCTOKY. 



is no sport on which more diversity 

 opinion exists than Angling. Fishing 

 any kind, may be summed up in 

 knowing what to fish with ; when, how, and 

 where to fish. 



Having fished the most of our Border streams : 

 including, the Reed, Tyne, Wansbeck, Coquet, 

 Kielder, Jed, Liddel, Tweed, Teviot, Till, and 

 Whiteadder, as also other streams ; and in my 

 wanderings have met some of thf most intelligent 

 and successful anglers of the Borders, amorg 

 whom. I may mention, Mr Robert Allen, the 

 Armstrongs of Bellingham ; Mr Morrison, Kelso; 

 Mr Thomas Brydon, Plashetts ; Mr Maviu, of 

 Rothbury ; Mr J. Thompson, of Ilexham ; Mr R, 

 Thompson, of Otterburn ; Mr Clark, of Harbottle : 

 Mr Gibson, the traveller, and may include one 



