CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION . ..... 9 



AN OPEN LETTER . . . . . 15 



CHAPTER 



I. ANGLING AS A REAL FIELD SPORT . . 19 



II. MANFORD AND SERTON'S COSY NEST . 29 



III. MAYFLY DAYS AND DIALOGUES . . 38 



IV. MY FIRST TWEED SALMON . . .48 

 V. MUSINGS OF A BUSH RIDE ... 58 



VI. WITH VERDANT ALDERS CROWN'D . . 69 



VII. A FIRST SPRINGER AND SOME OTHERS . 78 



VIII. ANGLING COUSINS AT THE VICARAGE . 94 



IX. A CONTRAST IN THAMES ANGLING . . 102 



X. Two RED LETTER SALMON . . .118 



XI. A SERMON ON VEXATIONS AND CONSOLA- 

 TIONS 126 



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