CONTENTS 



PART ONE 



THE AWAKENING TEAR 



1. WITH A NINE-FOOT ROD IN PAGE 



WALES 15 



2. FISHERMEN AND FLIES ... 32 



3. THE WET-FLY ANGLER I A 



SKETCH 42 



4. IN THE DAYS OF THE MAY-FLY 49 



PART TWO 



IN THE LEAPT MONTHS 



1. THE SUMMER TROUT .... 6 1 



2. WHEN WATERS ARE LOW ... 75 



3. THE HAUNTED TARN: A NIGHT- 



FISHING EPISODE .... 89 



