ILLUSTRATIONS 



COLOURED PLATES 



NATURAL FLIES. ' ' . : . ', ' . . . . Frontispiece 

 ARTIFICIAL FLIES , . . . . . TO FACE PAGE 86 



HALF-TONE PLATES 



TO FACE PAGE 



ON THE YARROW . . . , . . . 14 

 THE BALVAIG AT BALQUHIDDER. *..... 28 



A PERFECT STRETCH ... '. . . . . . .40 



ON THE CAIRN . . .... . . . . . 82 



FOR THE UNDERHAND CAST ....... 102 



THE STALKER . . , , . . . : . .. . . 148 



THE HOME OF THE CRUISER . . . . . . . 152 



IN THE GLEN . . . . . . . . 160 



A FINE BAY AT EVENTIDE . . . . ....-.' . 1 82 



ON THE LANARKSHIRE AVON . . . ... . 196 



JUNE ........... 212 



THE HERD INVADES A FAVOURITE POOL . . . . .218 



THE FIRST FISH OF THE DAY . . . . . . .236 



THE TWEED BELOW MELROSE ....... 258 



EVENING ON TWEED .... . . . . . 268 



UP THE RIVER 280 



LINE ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS 



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1. How TO TIE THE BLOOD-KNOT . . . . . .48 



2. LOOP ON CAST ......... 49 



3. KNOT FOR EYED FLY ....... 51 



4. A SINKING LINE AND ITS EFFECT ON THE FLY ... 53 



5. TYPE OF THE EPHEMERID^E -58 



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