CONTENTS vii 



of Fishing-bag 'Freke' Bags Wading Garments 

 Danger of not using Waders Danger of Waders Fish- 

 ing-stockings and Socks Brogues Messrs. Cording's 

 Wading-boots Mackintosh Coat and Square . . 64 83 



CHAPTER V. 



Trout-hooks Requirements of a Good Trout-hook Shape of 

 Trout- hooks Bends of Trout-hooks Limerick and Kirby 

 Bends Necessary Strength of Hooks A Bad Batch of 

 Hooks Lightness Essential Pennell Hooks Eyed 

 Hooks v. Hooks tied on Gut Eyed Hooks recommended 

 by Wade Advantages of Eyed Hooks Disadvantages of 

 Eyed Hooks Shape of Eye for Eyed Hooks Mr. Hall's 

 Pattern v. Mr. C. Pennell's How to tie on an Eyed Hook 

 Prejudices against Use of Eyed Hooks Sizes of Trout- 

 hooks ....... 84 93 



CHAPTER VI. 



The Right Fly and the Wrong Wasted Time Science and 

 Sport Beauty of Water-flies Artificial and Natural Flies 

 Wings v. Bodies Mr. Richardson's Flies The Water- 

 flies Ephemera and Trichoptera fe Quotations from 

 ' Homes without Hands ' The Ephemera The Trichop- 

 tera Duration of the Larval Period Transportation of 

 Mayfly Duration of Life of Ephemera Ephemera cast- 

 ing their Skins Quotations from Kirby and Spence . 94 1 1 5 



CHAPTER VII. 



List of Flies for Trout-fishing The Stone-fly The Mayfly 

 The Spent Gnat The Virtues of the ' Wickham 'Varie- 

 ties of Artificial Mayflies Mr. Green's Pattern Drying 

 the Mayfly The Blow-line True Sport Patterns of 

 Mayflies The Gray Drake and Spent Gnat The March 

 Brown The Blue Dun The Olive Dun Four Useful 

 Flies Detached Bodies The Yellow Dun The Iron- 

 blue Dun The Jenny Spinner The July Dun The 

 August Dun The Little Pale blue Dun Spinners 

 Dressings of Spinners Local Names of Flies Theak- 

 stone on ' British Angling Flies ' . . . 116 165 



