2 Dry-Fly Fishing. 



day to commence operations. Carefully collect over- 

 night, and put into your creel ready for the morning, 

 a, winch furnished with twenty-five yards of fine, 

 level, dressed running line, a blue tin box containing 

 casts and points and scissors ; a crimson box 

 containing red and olive quills, and a pink box full 

 of other favourite flies. Also a damper-box, knee- 

 pad, steelyard, &c. To your rod in its case fasten 

 your extended landing-net, complete with the 

 knuckle-joint ; and do not forget the sling for 

 the net. All this outfit is more fully described 

 further on. 



Having probably dreamed of fair river- scenes and 

 sport, you rise in the morning in good time so as to be 

 able to do all things orderly and leisurely too much 

 haste often leads to careless stalking. Saturate the 

 pads in your damper-box and place therein the gut 

 casts and points which you intend for use two hours 

 hence. After breakfast you are soon ready to start, 

 fair and free. Just then a fairy of your household 

 places a luncheon package in your creel, and a small 

 flask of brown sherry evidently she is an angler's 

 daughter. 



En route to your fishing station you will notice 

 that light, white clouds high up are slowly borne 

 before the gentle influence of a south-west wind, 

 which, being not unfavourable to your chances of 

 sport, causes your hopes to run high. On arrival at 



