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the angling community, and that for various reasons. 

 In spite of the strong manner in which we cautioned 

 our readers about the difficulties of fishing up stream, 

 numbers who read the arguments for it, and were 

 struck with the soundness of the theory, thought 

 they saw at a glance the cause of their previous want 

 of success, and that in future the result would be 

 different. Having equipped themselves a la Practical 

 Angler > and even taken a copy of that excellent work 

 in their pockets, they started with high hopes on 

 their new career, but the result was not different, 

 and after one or two trials with no better success, 

 not a few have condemned fishing up stream as 

 erroneous and ourselves as impostors; though we 

 imagine the fault lies with themselves. We have 

 met anglers fishing down stream and this is no sup- 

 posititious case, but one which we have seen over and 

 over again with a copy of this volume in their 

 pockets, who complained that they had got every- 

 thing herein recommended and were getting no 

 sport. On pointing out to them that there was 

 one important mistake they were committing, in 

 fishing down stream instead of up, they stated 

 that when they came to a pool they fished it up 

 that is to say, they first walked down the pool 

 and showed themselves to the trout, and then 

 commenced to fish for them. 



" The trout within you wimplin' burn 



Glides swift, a silver dart ; 

 And safe beneath the shady thorn 

 Defies the angler's art." 



