CHAPTER XVIII. 

 CONCLUSION. 



" Where ?" Difficulty of getting fishing Some useful 

 guide-books A word of caution Enquiries Local 

 tackle-dealers Fishing-clubs and societies Free fish- 

 ing Hotel waters Fishing by permission. 



ONCE thoroughly entered to the sport the novice will 

 not, I suspect, be long in joining that large section 

 of the brotherhood which is perpetually asking 

 "where." He will find that England is a more 

 crowded country than he had perhaps supposed, 

 and that the greater part of its waters is guarded 

 jealously against intruders. He will possibly be 

 tempted to inveigh against a system of plutocracy 

 which makes it impossible for him to indulge in 

 his harmless diversion in every tempting stream 

 that meets his eye ; he may even feel an impulse to 

 join in agitations for " free fishing/' such as arise 

 from time to time when landlords assert their rights 

 in some locality or other. He may in short soon 

 find himself a very aggrieved person. Even if he 

 does not, he will almost certainly be a puzzled one, 



