CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. EARLY EXPERIENCES 3 



II. THE VALUE OF OBSERVATION .... 22 



III. THE RISE 44 



IV. WHERE AND WHEN TO FISH .... 87 

 V. THE IMITATION OF THE NATURAL INSECT 134 



VI. SOME FANCIES SOME FACTS . . . . 176 



VII. THE POINT OF VIEW . . . . . . 204 



VIII. A FEW PATTERNS OF FLIES . 212 



