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condemn as hopeless. If the evidence 

 collected in the foregoing pages means 

 anything, it means that all manner offish, 

 game fish, coarse fish and sea-fish, are liable 

 to take a fly or other lure in any and every 

 condition of the atmosphere, in any wind, 

 in all temperatures. To him is the victory 

 who persists in the face of apparent 

 hostility on the part of the elements. Yet 

 it is hoped that, although the results of 

 the conclusions arrived at in these pages 

 may thus be summed in a single sentence, 

 the records and experiences by which, 

 step by step, these have been arrived at 

 will not be without practical value and 

 considerable interest for the sportsman 

 who has a mind for the rhyme and reason 

 of his art, and who seeks to know a little 

 more than merely how to throw a fly and 

 play a salmon. 



