CONTENTS 



PAGE 

 INTRODUCTION ..... 5 



FOREWORD ..... 9 



CHAP. 



I. BOYHOOD WITH THE ROD . -I? 



II. "BOB" AND HIS APPRENTICES . . 31 



III. EARLY CASTING PRACTICE . . .40 



IV. AN EARLY DAY IN SPRING WITH " BOB " . 48 

 V. LATER EXPERIENCES WITH "BOB" . . 60 



VI. CREEPER AND STONE-FLY FISHING . . 79 



VII. NIGHT FLY AND BUSTARD FISHING . . 92 



VIII. CLEAR WATER WORM FISHING . . IOI 



IX. MINNOW FISHING . . . .113 



X. THE FELL BECKS .... I2O 



XI. GRAYLING FISHING . . . .128 



XII. THE ROUND OF THE SEASON . . -136 



XIII. THE DIARY OF A WET FLY FISHER . . 144 



SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



NOTE 



1. THE EDEN AS A TROUTING RIVFR . . 153 



2. THE INSECT FOOD OF TROUT . . . l6o 



3. THE INTELLIGENCE OF TROUT . . . 162 



4. THE SIGHT AND HEARING OF TROUT . . 165 



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