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unless he happens to be wealthy or to have friends 

 who are both wealthy and generous. Therefore, 

 he will ask " where " with the rest of us. 



To this question in some of its forms there is 

 iterally no answer. The man, for example, who 

 demands " first-rate salmon or sea-trout fishing 

 free" is propounding a riddle without a solution. 

 Of first-rate salmon and sea-trout fishing there is 

 very little, and none of that little is free; indeed 

 none but rich men need bother their heads about it 

 Practically the same thing can be said of first-rate 

 trout fishing, especially in southern streams, which 

 many of them have a rental value of some hundred 

 pounds per mile. Nor is coarse-fishing of high 

 merit to be had for the asking ; it has a definite 

 value too, and one which is increasing. 



But if a man asks where he can get fishing of a 

 quality ranging from fair to moderate, it is possible 

 to give him some sort of answer. There is a 

 certain amount of literature dealing with the 

 geography of obtainable fishing, not so much as 

 one could wish, but enough to be useful. First 

 there is " The Angler's Diary" (Horace Cox, price 

 is. 6d.), a valuable annual publication, which 

 contains a vast amount of information about waters 

 all over the kingdom. Next there is the " Sports- 

 man's Guide to Scotland," (Watson Lyall, price 



