FISHING IN THE HOME COUNTIES. 



CHAPTER I. 



MEMORIES OF HAPPY DAYS ON MANY RIVERS QUEER 

 INCIDENTS. 



So small a percentage of the London Anglers, 

 who have for so long a period done me the honour 

 of electing me their president, are salmon anglers 

 that it is to be expected that I should desire to give 

 from my experience some account of the sport and 

 pleasure I have derived from the pursuit of the fish 

 sought after by the great majority of them. 



It will be a very real pleasure for me to take 

 from my well-stored memory of happy days, and 

 instructive, incidents that have come to me while 

 fishing the Thames. 



The door of the store-house opens widely at 

 the mere thought of doing this, and days, men and 

 occurrences, crowd out in such profusion that care 

 is needed to select such of my experiences as will 

 most concisely convey to my readers where I have 

 sought for and how I have caught my fish. 



I have fished in most of our English rivers ; 

 the Taw, Torridge, Lynn and Exe have given 



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