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CONTENTS 



PAGE 



AUTHOR'S PREFACE ix 



NOTE TO THE ISSUE OF 1907 xiii 



By W. EAEL HODGSON 



INTRODUCTION TO NEW EDITION .... xxiii 

 By W. EAEL HODGSON 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTORY 



Enthusiasm of Anglers Attractions of Angling 

 Trout the Fish most sought after Excuses of 

 Anglers Defective Memory of Anglers . . 1 



CHAPTER II 



FRESH-WATER TROUT 



Senses of Trout Slow-running Streams Various 

 Productiveness of Streams Voracity of the 

 Trout Effects of Drainage Tweed The 

 Harry-Water Net Increase of Anglers Effects 

 of much Fishing ...'... 12 



CHAPTER III 



ANGLER'S EQUIPMENT 



Fishing-boots Fishing-rods Different Woods used 

 in Rod-making Joining of the Rod Reels 

 Gut Methods of staining Gut Hooks Land- 

 ing or Minnow Nets ...... 30 



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