DEFENCE OF UP-STREAM ANGLING 



CERTAINLY we look upon fly-fishing for trout, 

 under sporting conditions, as the acme of an 

 angler's pleasure. But not under the condi- 

 tions we have already pointed out. Never- 

 theless there are the seasons those for 

 fly-fishing as a scientific recreation, and 

 others where fly-fishing is supplanted by 

 the almost equally fascinating ' worm-fishing 

 in clear water/ Regarding these seasons we 

 need not enlarge. They may, and do, vary 

 on rivers large and small, or according to 

 lateness or earliness, altitudes and local 

 conditions, but the best times for either and 

 for both have been repeatedly and correctly 

 pointed out. 



Undoubtedly fly-fishing in low, clear water 

 is ' beyond compare the most difficult of all 

 the branches of the angler's art, and should 



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