BOTTOM 



OR 



FLOAT-FISHING. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



" FlNE-FlSHING." 



OWING doubtless to the rapidly increasing popu- 

 larity of fishing of late years, there are but lew 

 waters on which the shadow of the rod or glitter of 

 the bait is not more or less familiar, and as a 

 consequence fish are everywhere becoming more 

 wary and more difficult to catch. If, therefore, we 

 would make as large baskets as we used to do, we 

 must "subtilise" more and more our deceptive arts, so 

 as to keep pace with the growth of fish-intelligence ; 

 and to this end the most obvious, and on the whole 

 the most important means, is to be sought in 

 improving and refining to the uttermost every 

 part of our fishing tackle. Other circumstances 



