ILLUSTRATIONS 



From photograplis by the author 

 A Typical Trout Brooklet .... Frontispiece 



FACING 



Brown Trout (true Trout) and Brook Trout 



(Char) 20 



Playing a Rainbow 21 



Fishing in the Snow 32 



Fly Fishing 33 



Waiting for a Rise 44 



Worm-Fishing in April 45 



A Likely Spot 56 



Spinning 57 



Night Fishing 72 



Fishing the Pool 73 



Playing the Fish 86 



Playing the White Water Fish 87 



Fishing a Little Stream 100 



Playing a Spring Trout 101 



A Brookside Spring 122 



Lures for Use with Fly Rods 123 



The Deeply Sunken Fly 142 



Tying a Fly 143 



Ruck-Sack Outfit 172 



All Set for the Feast 173 



The Day of the Empty Creel 188 



The End of the Battle 189 



The Lure of the Trout Stream 200 



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