CHAPTER IV. 



THE FISHING OF EIVEES WITH THE WET FLY. 



THIS is something like a subject, nor can 

 it ever be a dry one. Had I fished but 

 one or two rivers, I fancy that I could have 

 entered on the topic with a lighter heart, 

 and a clearer mind. As it is, I seem to 

 have had such varied experiences (in the 

 various rivers I have fished), that I find 

 it somewhat puzzling how to condense into 

 one chapter all my thoughts and opinions. 



At best, I am only giving my opinion, 

 however strongly I may choose to express 

 it. My neighbour may think differently, 

 and, he has a perfect right to do so. It is 

 quite surprising how, in life, apparently 

 diverse methods, bring about very similar 

 results. 



And it is even so in the filling of the 

 angler's creel. 



Perhaps each man does not make an 

 equally heavy basket; but the little 



