IV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PACE 



HOLMES'S RODS 39 



SALMON RODS 40 



TROUT RODS 41 



HOOKS, with two illustrations 42 



IV. THE MILLS OF TREFRIEW, with an illustration 47 



SALMON RISING 48 



THE HABITS OF FISH 49 



TOM AND THE SALMON 52 



LARGE SALMON 54 



SIZE OF FISH 55 



V. HABITS OF SALMON 58 



CASTING LINE 59 



COLOUR OF GUT 60 



DIRECTIONS FOR DYEING GUT . 61 



RECIPES FOR DYEING GUT 62 



RECIPES FOR TRANSPARENT WAX 65 



COLEMAN'S INSTRUMENT CASE 67 



LOOPS, with two illustrations 68 



. WAXING 69 



THE INVISIBLE KNOT, with three illustrations 71 



FOOTLINES 73 



WEIGHT OF FISH IN WATER 74 



SIZE OF LINES 75 



FOOTLINES 76 



KNOTS IN LINES, with three illustrations 77 



WATER KNOTS, with four illustrations 80 



WHIPPING OFF FLIES 82 



THROWING THE FLY, with ihreeiUustratioru 84 



VI. FANCY'S DIFFICULTIES AND FANCY'S DANGERS 104 



VII. RECIPE FOR POTTING FISH 108 



THROWING THE FLY, with two illustrations 110 



THROWING AMONG TREES, with two illustrations 125 



THROWING" UNDER TREES, HOW TO DISEN- 

 TANGLE TACKLE 129 



THROWING UNDER BUSHES .... 132 



VIII. THEOPHILUS AND TYRO SET OUT 136 



RECIPE FOR PRESERVING TROLLING LINES . . 137 

 THE RECTOR'S POOL LLANRWST, with an illustration 139 



IX. SIZE OF FISH IN WATER 144 



HEARING OF FISH . . 145 



