YOUR PARDON I CRAVE. 



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here, are given at considerable length; and should get the 

 necessary outfit from one of the tackle-makers of Nottingham 

 or Newark. It is not the least nse to attempt to fish after 

 this manner without the proper line and reel, and a rod with 

 upright rings. 



This ninth chapter of my discourse on Game Fish brings 

 me to the end of my tether so far as salmon, trout, gray- 

 ling, and char are concerned, and I will conclude by 

 asking my fly-fishing friends to pardon my necessary 

 references to spinning and worming, my chalk-stream 

 readers to overlook my disquisition on fishing with the 

 wet fly, North -country anglers to forgive so much space 

 having been given to dry-fly fishing, and salmon-fishers 

 not to view the book with scorn because five chapters are 

 devoted to trout. 



