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stream where the troutlets used to rise. How 

 we sat and watched it until a little fellow hooked 

 himself ; then hurrah I we yanked him out and 

 ran home to exhibit him to our friends with much 

 pride, before we finally made a feast of him. 



Possibly this little episode engendered the love 

 of angling (but I come of an angling race) ; in 

 any case, the handling of the rod has been one of 

 the greatest pleasures of my existence. 



As a partner in the Firm of Hardy Brothers as 

 well as an enthusiastic lover of sport, I have at all 

 times taken a lively interest in all that pertains to 

 angling ; seeking better knowledge of the ways of 

 the wild things we angled for ; watching them in 

 their homes in the river ; endeavouring to discover 

 why our efforts were not crowned with success ; 

 hatching new schemes and inventing new lures 

 has always been a most enjoyable pastime. 



Two years ago I was requested by Country 

 Life to undertake the authorship of " Salmon 

 Fishing" in their Library of Sport. In this 

 volume, some of the chapters in that publica- 

 tion appear in a revised form, together with 

 such instructions in the art of dressing salmon 

 flies and the method of using them, as I consider 

 important to the student of salmon fishing. 



All true anglers seek a fuller knowledge of 



