" There is no genuine enjoyment in the easy achievement of 

 any purpose ; there is no bread so sweet as the hard-earned loaf 

 of the man who works for it. The rule holds good in the school 

 of the sportsman." "Bourgeois." 



11 Happily, fishermen, like hunters, do not always agree, nor in 

 many of the details of the fly-fishing art do they think and act 

 alike." D. W. Cross. 



"To the angler the value of even a moderate acquaintance with 

 ichthyology cannot he exaggerated. Not only is it of the greatest 

 practical use, by the insight which it gives him into the habits, 

 food, spawning-seasons, etc. , of the several fish and consequently 

 into the best means of taking them but it also doubles the pleas- 

 ure of success." H. Cholmondeley Pennell. 



" The moment the trout seizes the artificial fly it is as far. in 

 his mouth or throat as it will ever be, therefore it is sound to say 

 you cannot ' ' strike " too quick, after you have seen or felt the 

 trout." D. W. Cross. 



" When the fly is thrown on the stream some little resemblance 

 of life must be attempted to be given to it. " Alfred Ronalds. 



"It is astonishing how many there are calling themselves 

 sportsmen, who are content to remain all their lives simply 

 killers of fish of the habits, idiosyncrasies, and even of the very 

 names of which they are too often ignorant. H. Chdmondeley 

 Pennell. 



"The materials for an artificial fly should be compared and 

 matched with the natural one, by the eye and judgment of the 

 fly-fisher." Michael Theakston. 



"There is nothing like the thrill of expectation over the first 

 cast in unfamiliar waters. Fishing is like gambling, in that fail- 

 ure only excites hope of a fortunate throw next time." Cliarles 

 Dudley Warner. 



