CONTENTS. 



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PREFACE ... i 



HINTS FOR BEGINNERS ... 5 



CASTING AS A BEGINNER 12 



DOWN STREAM UP STREAM DRY FLY 21 



APPROACHING THE WATER 29 



THE DIPPER ... ... ... ... ... ... 39 



A WOODLAND MURDER 46 



DOUBTS AND DIFFICULTIES ... ... ... 52 



THE BILLIARD TABLE POOL : A RED LETTER 



EVENING 64 



BLANK DAYS 76 



FLOOD LANDS AND THE WATER SUPPLY 88 



WHERE TO FISH 98 



WADING: A SANCTUARY FOR TROUT 112 



THE NIGHTJAR : OR FERN-OWL 127 



THE EAGLE OWL : A GLIMPSE OF CEYLON ... 136 



HAMPSHIRE WATER MEADOWS ... ... ... 143 



THE MAYFLY 151 



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