LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



Frontispiece 



ENOUGH TO MAKE A PARSON SWEAR. BROKEN ! 



(FROM THE PAINTING BY THE LATE T. o. TARGETT.) 



TO FACE PAGE 



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^E 64 



VII. THE TRICOPTERA, OR CADDIS FLY - 66 



VIII. THE PERLID^;, SIALID^S 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 l68 

 XX. A FAULTY DOWNWARD ACTION OF THE SALMON 



ROD I 68 



XXI. THE WYE CAST WITH THE TROUT ROD 184 



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