The Fishing of Waters with the Wet Fly 2 7 



Much of my own success as an angler 

 I owe to Stewart; but to Mark Aitken I 

 owe far more, since at his hands I received 

 invaluable practical instruction extending 

 over several years. I regret to add that 

 I have never even seen Stewart fishing. 

 Here let me mention that small but ex- 

 cellent booklet, "How to catch Trout," 

 by Three Anglers ; published by David 

 Douglas, Castle Street, Edinburgh, in 1890. 

 It is a splendid shilling's-worth, and I 

 advise all wet-fly anglers to invest in the 

 book. I fancy that I have the pleasure of 

 knowing two of the writers, and both are 

 good and clever anglers; and of whom it 

 may be said, " what they don't know is not 

 really worth knowing." I make no apology 

 whatever for quoting the following from 

 its pages. 



In that all too brief chapter, "How to 

 fish a small Stream," the writer says, 

 "When there is a strong wind blowing, 

 the shallow water, just above where the 

 stream breaks, should always be tried, as 

 feeding trout often congregate there." 



This is typical of the book, and the 

 advice is excellent. 



Indeed, if the book possesses any fault, 

 it is that the subjects are too briefly 



