8 TROUT-FISHING IN BROOKS 



I have always found it to entail a good deal of 

 hard work if practised with real ardour, for, like 

 all field sports, the non palma sine pulverc must 

 be taken into account. It may be pointed out 

 that for several reasons these small streams are 

 unfitted for the purposes of clubs and fisheries, 

 and are comparatively unnoticed. In a large 

 number of cases the fishing rights belong to the 

 farmers, who rarely refuse a polite application for 

 leave, merely stipulating that all gates be kept 

 fastened, which no considerate angler would omit 

 to do. Where a landlord preserves, a day of 

 more is usually courteously given, and in both 

 respects I have been fortunate in England, and 

 the results of many happy expeditions have often 

 astonished the admirers of more pretentious 

 waters. Scotland and Ireland teem with such 

 brooks, and in the latter country they are almost 

 all free and practically unnshed. 



In concluding these remarks I trust that the 

 angler to whom s. d. is a consideration in 

 connection with his sport will give a thought to 

 this branch of the craft, which is not only in- 

 expensive but far more affording than is generally 

 known, and which brings one in touch with the 

 most enchanting environment. 



If I should seem over-inclined to the didactic in 



