CHAPTER XI. 



Some Notes on Charles Cotton's Practical Direc- 

 tions in Trout and Grayling-Fishing Fish 

 Fine and Far Oft" Cotton the First Exponent 

 of Clear- Water Fishing for Trout and Gray- 

 lingYorkshire Fly-Rods Pike Pool 

 Creeper-Fishing First Described by Cotton, 

 also " Swimming the Worm " for Grayling. 



CHARLES COTTON'S " INSTRUCTIONS How 

 TO ANGLE FOR A TROUT OR GRAY- 

 LING IN A CLEAR STREAM." 



JOW this second part of The Com- 

 pleat Angler came to be written 

 and published has already been 

 noted. I shall here only refer 

 briefly to its practical portions. If Walton 

 was the father of general anglers, Cotton 

 has even greater claims to be considered 

 the first great exponent of clear-water fish- 

 ing for trout and grayling. I have fished 

 some of his favourite rivers, including the 

 Dove, Derwent, Wye, Bradford, and Lath- 



