VII. 



FLY FISHING FOR TROUT 

 (SALMO FARIO). 



" I in these flowery meads would be, 

 These crystal streams should solace me, 

 To whose harmonious bubbling voice, 

 I with my angle would rejoice." 



|LL who throw the fly o'er salmon, trout, 

 or grayling, should love the gentle art 

 as Izaak Walton loved it, and appre- 

 ciate as he did the beauties of nature 

 which so identify themselves with its true enjoy- 

 ment.^ The river-side has other charms besides 

 the pleasures and excitement of the sport. It 

 brings the angler in communion with those 



^ In these degenerate days there are too many whose only 

 aim is to fill their creels, no matter how, so as to gain a prize 

 at some piscatorial club, and who never look beyond their 

 flies or floats. 



