LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 

 Frontispiece 



ENOUGH TO MAKE A PARSON SWEAR. BROKEN ! 



(PROM THE PAINTING BY THE LATE T. G. TARCETT.) 



TO PACE PACE 



I. THE DELIGHT OF LIVING 8 



II. NETTING A FISH - 27 

 III. DON'T LOWER THE POINT OF ROD, BUT KEEP A 



VERY DELICATE PULL ON THE FISH 38 



IV. DROP POINT OF ROD 38 

 V. MY DOG AND MY FISH. A MORNING'S CATCH ON 



THE TEST 48 



VI. THE EPHEMERID^ 64 



VII. THE TRICOPTERA, OR CADDIS FLY 66 



VIII. THE PERLID^B, SIALID^E AND DIPTERA - 68 



IX. ON THE OTTER 83 



X. EVENING FISHING 83 



XI. THE ITCHEN TROUT-BREEDING ESTABLISHMENT, 



HANTS 100 



XII. A NATURAL DAM OF WEEDS - 124 

 XIII. THE SUMMER GLORY OF A TROUT STREAM (TEST 



BELOW ROMSEY) - 142 



XIV. AN IRISH TROUT LAKE 142 



XV. TROUT AND GRAYLING FROM THE ITCHEN 146 



XVI. NORMAL FISHING POSITION 152 



XVII. POSITION AT END OF BACKWARD SWITCH 152 



XVIII. THE BACKWARD SWITCH OF THE TROUT ROD AS 



THE LINE LEAVES THE WATER - 152 



XIX. THE CORRECT DOWNWARD ACTION OF THE TROUT 



ROD AND THE EXTENSION OF THE LINE 1 68 



XX. A FAULTY DOWNWARD ACTION OF THE SALMON 



ROD I 68 



XXI. THE WYE CAST WITH THE TROUT ROD 184 



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