Angling for Game Fish. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTORY, 



The Game Fish of Great Britain — Popularity of Fly-Fishing — 

 Peculiarities of Salmon and Trout, &c. — Simple Method of 

 Trout-breeding, &c., &c. 



ROADLT speaking, all fisli which afford 

 sport to the angler are game fish, but the 

 leading members of the family of which 

 the salmon is the head are certainly the 

 game fish par excellence. It is of these 

 fish — salmon, trout, and grayling — that I 

 now propose to treat. A short account of 

 char and char-fishing is also included, 

 though I am afraid that delicious fish is not angled for to any 

 considerable extent. At the same time, it must be admitted 

 that char of any size are, when hooked — the difficulty is to 

 hook them — as gamesome as the most exacting fly-fisher could 

 reasonably wish. Moreover, they closely resemble trout in 

 appearance, and are excellent eating. For these reasons, and 

 as a matter of convenience, I have classed them with salmon, 

 trout, and grayling.* 



There are certain members of the salmon family found in 



* " I shall restrict my remarks to what may be termed the ' game fishes' of this 

 family found in the fresh waters of the British Isles, and which include the salmon, 

 various forms of trout and char, and also the grayling" (Dr. Francis Day, in 

 " British and Irish Salmonidse ")• 



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