INTRODUCTORY 5 



sized fish for fifty yards before them, and 

 take to the more scientific practice now so 

 long advocated by up-stream anglers. We 

 lay the principal blame of deterioration 

 of well- stocked rivers upon this suicidal 

 practice. 



Angling (scientific angling, and even as 

 all know even the coarsest forms of the 

 sport) becomes a passion to any one who has 

 tasted its delights and disappointments, its 

 concomitant pleasures and regrets, and the 

 charms associated with the ' Contemplative 

 Man's Recreation.' 



