146 LETTERS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN. 



GIVING HIM THE BUTT. 



too light with him ; we do not give him the butt hard enough 

 or trust enough to our tackle, which should be very shrewdly 

 tested each morning before going out. The professional 

 fisher, the keeper, brings his fish to the gaff much quicker. 

 I do not think that you will find his advice in the matter 

 of flies very valuable. As I have already written, " fly " is a 

 complete misnomer for the attraction which you proffer to 

 the salmon. But we have to go on misnaming as we have 



