SALMON FISHING 



By W. EARL HODGSON 



CONTAINING A FACSIMILE IN COLOURS OF A MODEL SET 

 OF FLIES FOR SCOTLAND, IRELAND, ENGLAND, AND 

 WALES, AND TEN ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS 



Large crown 8^0, doth, gilt top 

 Price 75. 6d. net 



SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS 



THE ATHEN&UM."Pt*ctice is blended with theory, fact with 

 fiction, or at any rate with anecdote, in a way at once charming and con- 

 clusive as to his literary skill." 



THE MORNING POST. Mr. Earl Hodgson gives us a worthy com- 

 plement to the book which he wrote about the Trout, and that is high 

 praise. His style is crisp, incisive, and epigrammatic. . . . No praise 

 bestowed upon the facsimile reproductions of the most killing lures 

 could be extravagant." 



THE GLOBE. " N o angling writer has a happier art in relation, and 

 none more ability in the discussion of sporting technique. Mr. Hodgson 

 puts ' a world of meaning * into a few fortunate lines, and never commits 

 the sin of verbosity." 



THE STANDARD." His books are delightful to the reader, whether 

 he be expert or novice, for the sake of the writing." 



THE DAILY MAIL.'" Well done, Mr. Hodgson I We had thought 

 it impossible to equal your admirable volume on Trout Fishing, but this 

 companion book proves the fallibility even of a reviewer.' In some such 

 terms we would venture to address our sincere congratulations. . . . Even 

 the non-angler'will read many parts of the book with delight, for the tricks 

 and technicalities of fishing seem less abstruse in Mr. Hodgson's hands 

 than when treated by most other writers upon the same subject. . . . Even 

 the various ' casts' are explained with so engaging an ease that they must 

 appear simple to the veriest tyro." 



THE MANCHESTER COURIER." It does not often fall to the lot 

 of a man to write two books that, purely technical in theme, are as 

 attractive to the general reader as they are to their own peculiar class ; 

 but this happiness has happened to Mr. Earl Hodgson. The fascinations of 

 his book on Trout Fishing are equalled only by the alluring interest of 

 this new work on the sister sport. . . . He leads us on spell-bound 

 by the magnetic influence of his own interest and by his manner of 

 expressing it." 



THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE. "The work is far above the 

 ordinary run of fishing books." 



THE FIELD. " Mr. Earl Hodgson has a style that is all too rare in 

 sporting literature." 



THE DAILY EXPRESS. "His style is cultured, and as breezy and 

 vigorous as the sport he loves." 



THE SPECTATOR. " Useful as the book is, it is more entertaining 

 than useful. ... It is a strange fact, which psychologists would do well 

 to note, that scarcely one writer on angling ever writes badly, and most 

 write uncommonlv well." 



THE GUARDIAN. "Mr. Hodgson's book is well written, well illus- 

 trated, and sound in teaching. His method closely fits his subject, and 

 every page is suggestive. If he relates only a trifling incident, his style is 

 such that our thoughts are carried far beyond the text." 



PUBLISHED BY A. AND C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 



