CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



PREFACE ..... 



I. INTRODUCTION FLY FISHING FOR TROUT - I 



II. A DAY'S COACHING ON A TROUT STREAM - IO 



III. A DAY'S COACHING ON A TROUT STREAM (COH- 



tinued) - 47 



IV. WATER INSECTS AND THE RISE 62 



V. THE SENSES OF TROUT AND HOW THEY AFFECT 



THE FISHERMAN - 87 



VI. PISICULTURE AND THE NATURAL HISTORY OF 



TROUT - 97 



VII. WET FLY FISHING, SPINNING, KNOTS, WEEDS, 



GENERAL INFORMATION - - IO9 



VIII. AXIOMS, NOTES AND THEORIES. GRAYLING 



FISHING - - 133 



IX. THE SCIENCE OF CASTING A TROUT FLY- - 147 



X. DIFFERENT METHODS AND STYLES OF CASTING 178 



XI. MENTAL CONTROL OF THE MUSCLES WHEN 



LEARNING TO CAST 201 



XII. THE ACTION AND QUALITIES OF A PERFECT TROUT 



ROD - 214 



XIII. THE LIFE OF THE SALMON - - 226 



XIV. THE SCALES OF THE SALMONID^ AND THE 



STORY THEY TELL ... 249 



