300 FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



fish, and put the exact weight, length and girth, time of day, 

 name of lure, the appearance of the fish, and the name of the 

 pool down in your pocket-book. You will remember the 

 rest if necessary when you get home. 



RENTING A FISHING WATER 



No investment is so unfortunate, or so extremely mortify- 

 ing, both to the lessee and to his guests, as the renting of an 

 indifferent salmon fishing. 



Before renting a fishing write to the last two preceding 

 tenants. 



Always consult your solicitor before signing an 

 agreement. 



Remember that even the most unpleasant and disappoint- 

 ing river may at times and in certain places produce good 

 returns. Some rivers will, following a spate, yield plenty 

 of fish, but it is worth remembering that you can seldom 

 command a spate. 



Fishing agents may be expected to quote the best year's 

 returns and not the worst. No rivers are always good. 



There are bad months for even the best of fishings. 



It is advisable, before concluding an agreement for renting 

 a salmon fishing or trout water, to find out first whether 

 the fishing about to be taken includes the right to fish beyond 

 the middle of the stream. In many salmon and in some 

 trout rivers which are offered for yearly rental, the better 

 part of its various pools, as often as not, lie under the farther 

 bank, and if the fishing on the opposite side of the river 

 be not included in the lease which you have acquired, the 

 lease will not give you the right to fish beyond the middle 

 of the stream. The fisherman, having the right to fish from 

 one bank only, can only fish " ad medium filum " that is to 

 say he must not fish beyond an imaginary line down the 

 exact middle of the water in the river, otherwise he renders 



