PREFACE ix 



with viz., a Spey Fly, a Durham Ranger, 

 a Jock Scott, and a Silver Doctor, and I can 

 safely say that I gleaned more " tips " in that 

 brief space of time than I would have done 

 in many months, perhaps years, either by 

 reading books or by relying upon my own 

 unaided individual activities. Verbum sat 



sapienti. 



T. E. P.-T. 



