LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



A MORNING CATCH ON THE ITCHEN. (From 



the painting by the late T. G. Targett) Frontispiece 



CORRECT POSITION FOR MAKING BACK CAST - To face page 6 

 READY TO STRIKE OR TO MAKE A BACK CAST 8 



A 4-LB. TEST TROUT, CAUGHT BY THE AUTHOR, 



JUNE 2ND, 1903 - 8 



III. END OF BACK CAST : THE LINE is SEEN 



CURLING BACK 10 



IV. LINE GOING STILL FURTHER BACK 10 

 V. COMMENCING FORWARD CAST - ,,12 



VI. END OF FORWARD CAST : LINE BEGINNING TO 



CURL FORWARD - ,,16 



VII. LINE ALIGHTING ON WATER: THE LEFT HAND 



SHOWN FEEDING LlNE 16 



VIII. THE STEEPLE CAST 20 



IX. THE AUTHOR'S METHOD OF CASTING A LINE 



AGAINST THE WlND ,, 24 



X. PREPARING TO LAND A 4-LB. TROUT ON A 



HOT DAY ON THE TEST - ,,52 



XL DON'T LOWER THE POINT OF ROD, BUT USE 



VERY DELICATE WRIST ACTION - 64 



XII. LOWER POINT OF KOD 64 



XIII. THE RIVER IRFON, BRECONSHIRE 71 



XIV. THE EPHEMERID.E AND PERLID^E 77 

 XV. THE TRICOPTERA OR CADDIS FLY IN ITS 



LARVAL AND PUPAL CONDITIONS - 80 



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