The School lor Salmon and Trout Fly Casting. 



THE CASTING WATER. 



A few extracts from innumerable testimonials sent to Mr. Shaw. 



FROM A WELL-KNOWN SINGER, March i^th, 1912 : 



" I never had a blank day the whole time I was there my average was 

 eight fish a day, averaging between Ib. to i^ Ib. 



" I must say that I chiefly owed my success to your excellent tuition j 

 put into practice the various casts you taught me, and I was able to cast and 

 fish in different places where I should never have dreamed of attempting to 

 cast had I not had lessons from you. It was invariably in the awkward places 

 that I got my best fish. 



" You have a wonderful gift of not only making your pupils understand 

 exactly what you want them to do but of making them do it ! It is no exaggeration 

 to say that in the few lessons I had with you, you improved my casting 

 75 per cent., and you made me do things that I thought were practically 

 impossible. Please accept my sincere thanks for all the trouble you took 

 on my behalf. With kind regards, Sincerely yours, 



Mr. Reginald D. Hughes, a first cousin of Mr. Shaw and the best known 

 tournament caster of the present day, owes his success to the tuition he 

 received from Mr. Shaw. He wrote to him as follows : 



2oth November, 19*07. " Many thanks for your letter and your good offer. 

 It is good enough to accept unreservedly. I will place myself in your hands 

 and naturally, if successful in any degree, will award you all due credit for 

 the achievement, as so far I cannot throw any great distance, but can only make 

 myself understood by the trout. . . I have never handled a salmon rod." 



(The definite " good offer " alluded to above was that the author would 

 coach him in Trout and Salmon Fly casting gratuitously, find him in rods, 

 etc., and pay his expenses, on the understanding that he (Mr. Hughes) would 

 not coach professionally in London or its vicinity.) 



30/A March, 1908. " I got out thirty-one yards with the trout rod a 

 week ago." 



8th April, 1908. " I have repeatedly done forty-two yards with your old 

 Far low salmon rod, and it seems the limit of the rod." 



In July, 1908, Mr. Hughes, after winning one first prize, as well as being 

 second and third in other events, at the eleventh International Fly Casting 

 Tournament at the Stadium, wrote as follows : 



" Once again I must thank you. If another tournament comes along, I 

 shall hope to make a much better show." (Which he has done). 



Mr. Hughes, ignoring the above obligations and relying on what he terms 

 the Statute of Limitations, has started professional coaching in London. 



