12 Wet-Fly Fishing 



unless the circumstances be such as to fix 

 the incidents which form the event in the 

 fisherman's mind, as well as in his diary, 

 for it is a poor thing if the memory is not 

 refreshed hy the remembrance of bygone 

 angling delights. 



One may sit pleasantly thinking of some 

 absolutely charming hours, or even brief 

 moments, spent in the prosecution of one's 

 pet pastime fly-fishing where the plain 

 facts, as recorded in the said diary, would 

 seem to indicate that the particular day 

 in question was one of absolute and dis- 

 graceful failure : the results being so modest. 



I give my ideas of what, to me, has so 

 often constituted the ideal of a sportsman's 

 " delightful day's fishing " ? 



First, then, one should be feeling in 

 good health to enjoy it to the full. 



Secondly, one must leave behind, as 

 if they had never existed, the cares of life 

 in every shape or form, and be a boy again, 

 keen as mustard, and simply indefatigable 

 in one's application to the business in 

 hand. 



An idle fisherman is seldom worth much ; 

 keenness goes hand-in-hand with energy. 



Let me, then, convey to my readers 

 some of the pictures which have remained 



