CONTENTS 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION BY SIR HERBERT MAXWELL, Ex. v 



PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION ....... xiii 



PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION ...... xvi 



CHAPTER I 



BOTTOM FISHING 



The Origin of Angling Pond-Fishing Punt-Fishing The Nor- 

 folk Style Bank-Fishing The Gudgeon The Pope The 

 Bleak The Roach The Rudd The Dace The Chub The 

 Barbel i 



CHAPTER II 

 BOTTOM-FISHING continued 



Nottingham Angling Casting from the Reel Daceing Light 



Corking The Slider, etc. . . . . . .42 



CHAPTER III 



BOTTOM-FISHING continued 



The Bream The Carp The Tench The Eel The Perch 



Paternostering, etc. . . . . . . . 51 



CHAPTER IV 



MID-WATER FISHING 



The Pike Spinning Trolling with the Dead Gorge Live Bait- 

 ing, etc. ........ . 70 



CHAPTER V 



ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHING 



Varieties of Trout Instructions as to Rods and Tackle How 

 to use them Weather How to Choose Flies Dress Night- 

 Fishing . . . . . . . . . '99 



CHAPTER VI 



ARTIFICIAL FLIES 



Contrast of Systems Copying Nature and Copying Nothing 



List of Files for each Month . . . . . .134 



