CONTENTS 



2. Spawning and Growth 



3. Vision, Hearing and Smell 



4. Feeding 



5. Is Fishing Cruel ? 



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PREFACE vii 



CHAPTER I 



SECTS. THE TROUT 



1. Appearance and Surroundings . . 1 



. 3 



. 5 



. 8 



. 9 



6. The Seasons : When and Where to Fish . 10 



7. Drainage, Poachers, etc. ; Fishing a National 



Asset ....... 13 



CHAPTER II 

 ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHING 



1. The Supremacy of Fly-Fishing over other 



Kinds, as an Art and a Sport . . .16 



2. Upstream Fishing . . . . .20 



3. Downstream Fishing . . . . . 22 



4. The Month of May ; and " Mayflies " . .24 



CHAPTER III 

 THE ANGLER'S OUTFIT 



1. The Rod .25 



2. The Reel . 30 



3. The Line 31 



4. The Cast and Gut ..... 32 



5. The Position of the Flies on the Cast ; Wet Fly 



and Dry Fly Fishing ... 33 



6. Knots 34 



7. Always Soak your Gut 



8. Fly-Book, Basket and Landing-Net 



9. The " Catherine Wheel " Holder ; the Landing 



Net Carrier ; the Cast Damper 

 10. Waders 



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