OTHER MEANS OF CATCHING SEA-TROUT 53 



end to the artifices offered to the angler for the undoing 

 of the sea-trout. 



To those who, after reading these notes on worming, 

 feel tempted to put the methods into operation, I cannot 

 resist saying " Don't/' and to those who are already 

 experts with the worm I make a special appeal to give 

 the artificial fly a prolonged and an exhaustive trial. 



Fly work is easy, clean and sporting. Further, fly 

 fishing is not the privilege of one class of anglers, it is 

 the right of all, and there are no grounds for thinking 

 that it is an expensive hobby. Before war conditions 

 sent all tackle prices soaring to ridiculous heights, a 

 complete equipment of rod, reel, line, casts and flies 

 could be purchased new for a sum under a pound. In 

 fact a beginner's fly fishing outfit at the price of eighteen 

 shillings and twopence is advertised in a catalogue issued 

 in 1940 by one of our leading tackle manufacturers, and 

 that firm, while catering for the slender purse, specializes 

 in goods of the highest grade ; therefore, the outlay of a 

 modest amount did not mean that the articles were 

 '* cheap and nasty/' as behind the transaction was a 

 guarantee by this firm of repute. Consequently I sin- 

 cerely hope that this statement will be read by the many 

 who regard fly fishing solely in the light of expense. 



Worming is not always considered to be de jure, even 

 by its followers who sometimes practise it surreptitiously. 

 No doubt, the expressed opinions of these anglers would 

 be very definite, but the opinions implied by their actions 

 is more convincing. 



One day, two fishermen arrived at an inn where I was 

 staying and they impressed me with their ability to slay 

 sea-trout. They produced for my benefit a lovely col- 

 lection of flies and spinners, and recounted tales of their 

 huge successes in distant waters. As, up to then, my 

 trip had not rewarded me with much sport, I anticipated 



