134 Wet-Fly Fishing 



long ago out of print, but I have my own 

 copy still. He dedicated it " To my only 

 brother and a Brother Angler, whose Rod 

 and Line are always his Best and Constant 

 Companions" a description which fitted 

 me exactly, in those days. 



Quite twenty years after the book was 

 written ; a friend of his, a great autho- 

 rity on yachting, and the President of the 

 Isle of Man Angling Association (the late 

 Mr. Sam J. Harris), edited and brought 

 out, in a cheap form, my brother's small 

 work. 



Talking of throwing the fly : we were 

 both, as lads, fond of going into the garden, 

 rod in hand ; and I feel convinced, that in 

 no way can a beginner learn more quickly 

 than by constant practice on a well-kept 

 lawn, throwing at some definite mark, with 

 unwearying patience and determination. 

 When the river is exchanged for the lawn, 

 he will then find out how much he had 

 gained by hard practice ; perchance, even as 

 a man of formed habits, who has taken up 

 fly-fishing somewhat late in life. 



I practised what I preach. 



The rest can only come, by degrees. I 

 wish I could convince all young fly-fisher- 

 men to use light clubs daily, to develop 



