A Companion Volume by the same Author 



TROUT FISHING 



A Study of Natural Phenomena 

 BY WILLIAM EARL HODGSON 



NEW EDITION 



Containing a facsimile in Colours of a "Model Book of 



Flies," for Stream and Lake, arranged according to 



the Months in which the lures are appropriate. 



Some Opinions of tbe Press 



The Field. " The pictured fly-book at the beginning of the volume is 

 undoubtedly the finest piece of work of the kind that has ever been pro- 

 duced and published in this country, and comes as a revelation of what 

 can be done. The flies stand out from the page with marvellous reality. 

 The illustrations and the letter-press are well matched. . . . We have not 

 had more pleasure from a book for a long time." 



The Sporting Times. "It is a scholarly and charming book, written 

 by a man who knows what he is writing about. There is fascination in 



every chapter." 

 The Pall 



Mall Gazette. "This work is in part highly practical, and 

 in part delightfully discursive. ... It is extremely pleasant reading." 



Baily's Magazine. " Mr. Hodgson's book stands apart from the mass 

 of angling literature. We may not always agree with him ; but, when our 

 disagreement is most complete, we never for a moment lose a sense of 

 respect for the author's clarity of thought, nor our feeling that we are 

 with a writer who is raising the literature of our favourite sport to a 

 higher intellectual plane. . . . The Book of Flies bears some of the very 

 best coloured figures of flies we have ever seen." 



The Sportsman. "Fascinating. ... He discourses with unmistakable 

 authority. . . . And the whole book is stylishly and racily written." 



The Badminton Magazine. "Mr. Hodgson writes well, and we are 

 convinced that he fishes well also, for this excellent little book shows his 

 keen comprehension of the trout and his ways." 



The Sporting Chronicle. "It is an interesting story of the trout and 

 his habits, written by a keen and observant student, and an angler withal 

 who has the inestimable advantage of a thorough understanding of the 

 subject. Mr. Hodgson has the happy knack of riveting the attention, and 

 at times betrays a subtle humour. ... It is the most valuable book of its 

 kind written within recent years." 



The Fishing Gazette. " The interest of a work on angling may be safely 

 said to be in direct ratio to the boldness and originality with which the 

 author attacks and discusses debatable points. . . . Tried by this test, 

 Trout Fishing, fresh and stimulating and full of matter as an egg is of 

 meat, must be pronounced one of the most interesting works on angling. 

 . . . All is written in a masterly style, always pleasant and genial. . . . 

 He casts his wet flies and his fancies with charming literary skill. The 

 coloured illustrations of trout flies for lake and stream are beyond com- 

 parison the most artistic and life-like reproductions that have ever 

 appeared in print." 



Truth. " It is beyond doubt the most fascinating and original contri- 

 bution that has been made to angling literature for many years." 



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