CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGES 



Opening remarks The back cast The forward cast The steeple 

 cast The side cast Avoiding the drag Lightness in picking 

 the line from water The wind cast Practising over water 

 Accuracy Long-distance casting Varying the direction of 

 cast The loop cast Overcoming the force of wind - 1-36 



CHAPTER II 



Wet and dry fly fishing discussed A morning on a trout stream 

 Hints The Blue Quill The rise The use of the butterfly- 

 net The food of trout Fishing the stream Fishing the 

 rise The spear Use of paraffin Stream lore Varying the 

 fly The Red Quill Catching fish Killing the fish The 

 fishing knife The rise and its advantages The rise discussed 

 A comparison Undivided attention to floating fly The 

 dangers of jumping fish, and how to conquer them Con- 

 sideration for others The file and disgorger The broken 

 cast Useful knots The blunted hook A chat at luncheon 

 Further hints on fishing Casting the fly on a rock, etc. 37-73 



CHAPTER III 



Hints to the student Hasty judgments The natural fly The 

 Ephemeridse The Trichoptera The Perlidje The Sialidse 



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