X. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



XXII. THE BACK MOVEMENT OF THE GALWAY CAST 

 WITH THE TROUT ROD, MADE OVER THE 

 HEAD OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER - 

 XXIII. THE SAME MOVEMENT MADE OVER THE TOP OF 



AN IMAGINARY SMALL TREE 

 XXIV. THE LOOP CAST FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WITH THE 



TROUT ROD 



XXV. THE END OF THE LOOP CAST WITH THE TROUT ROD 

 XXVI. THE END OF THE SPEY THROW WITH THE TROUT 



ROD 



XXVII. STAGES IN THE LIFE OF A YOUNG SALMON 



XXVIII . SMOLTS WITH THEIR SCALES PARTIALLY STRIPPED 



OFF AND SHOWING THE PARR MARKING 



XXVIIlA. SCALE OF A YOUNG SALMON SHOWING SEASONAL 



MARKINGS 



XXVII IB. SCALE OF A HEN FISH SHOWING DECREPITATIONS 



XXIX. LOCH LEVEN TROUT THE COCK AND HEN FISH - 



XXX. THE SCALE OF A 34~LB. HEN SPRING FISH 



(NORWAY) 



XXXI . SCALE OF A 34-LB. HEN SPRING FISH (WYE) 



XXXII. THE WYE CAST 



XXXIII. THE WYE CAST CONVERTED INTO THE GALWAY 



CAST 

 XXXIV. VARIOUS KNOTS, AND THE SPLICING OF A ROD - 



XXXV. VARIOUS KNOTS 



XXXVI. RAISING THE SALMON ROD IN THE BACKWARD 



ACTION 

 XXXVII. THE CORRECT POSITION AT THE END OF THE 



BACKWARD SWITCH 

 XXXVIII. FISHING OUT A CAST ON THE USK - 



XXXIX. THE END OF THE RAISE AND THE BEGINNING OF 



THE BACKWARD SWITCH - 

 XL. THE END OF THE BACK SWITCH - 



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