CONTENTS. vii 



CHAPTER IX. PAGE. 



A DAY'S FISHING. A favourable day An olive dun The 

 Wickham as a first fly Oiling a fly Taking grease off 

 the gut Getting close to one's fish Where to place 

 the fly Hooking a trout The dangerous word 

 "strike" To get the fish out of weeds The size- 

 limit Frayed gut Newspaper for fish The "drag" 

 How to avoid it Changing flies " Smutting " fish 

 The black spider Fishing it sunk " Bulging " fish 

 Small flies for the evening rise ... ... % ... 122 



CHAPTER X. 



SEDGE AND MAYFLY. Sedges Food of big trout A brief 

 period of [fishing The "path of light "Fishing the 

 sedge Rarity of a good evening The Mayfly Why 

 it appears in June Fragility of artificial Mayflies 

 Hackle flies less expensive and more durable Mayfly 

 fishing not easy Nerve and striking from the reel 

 "Nymphing" trout Fishing the fly wet How to 

 catch a big fish 142 



CHAPTER XI. 



GRAYLING A cousin of the trout A " poor relation " 

 Accusations made against it An opinion on the gray- 

 ling question Size of grayling Flies Wet-fly 

 fishing Watching the line On the chalk stream 

 Watching the fish Not easily put down A strong 

 fighter Why grayling are lost Hustling a fish Bait 

 fishing 154 



CHAPTER XII 



THE BIG FLY Cannibal trout Their food The size 

 which they reach The " big fly" A short list Sizes 

 and cost The Turle knot How to fish the fly To 

 make a line sink Time lo fish "Short-rising" 

 trout Loch-fishing and lloch flies Boat and shore 

 fishing ... 162 



