THE LOCAL ANGLER 



THE geographical stronghold that is the faith of 

 the local angler is generally built on some kind of 

 solid and reliable foundation. It may have an 

 ancient look about it, and require judicious patching 

 here and there, but its preservation counts for 

 more with some of us than a whole row of new 

 houses. 



" Bob's " art of fly dressing did not show a 

 knowledge of entomological facts, it must, there- 

 fore, be that his own personal sense of the appear- 

 ance of flies did so. Probably at the back of his 

 mind there was the idea that the trout saw them more 

 in his way than in the microscopical way of the 

 student of natural history. He was not only a keen 

 observer, but a fixed one. His apprentices knew 

 that he was invested with previous knowledge, and 

 could lead them to places where things could be 



found. He was full of charity, but apt to look 



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