Our Friend Angling 7 



In this little volume an attempt is made to 

 show that fly-fishing has varied delights 

 besides that of bringing back a well-filled 

 creel — which, however, is in itself a very 

 pleasant ending to a day's angling, provided 

 the walk home be not too long, — and that 

 the scenery and freshness of the river-side can 

 never be overlooked in our estimate of the 

 charms of fishing. In order to see whether 

 the views which I had ventured to more 

 than once express in this matter were in 

 any degree shared by other fly-fishermen, I 

 sought the opinions of three very keen fly- 

 fishermen, Mr. William Black, the novelist 

 — who seems to find it quite as difficult as 

 Kingsley did to keep the angler out of his 

 stories ! — Mr. Charles Cooper, the veteran 

 editor of the ' Scotsman,' and Sir Edward 

 Grey. Mr. Black found no difficulty in 

 answering. ' I don't know anything about 

 trout-fishing ; but as regards salmon-fishing 

 I should say that one of its chief charms 

 was the wildness and remoteness of the 

 scenery, and the delight of having with you 



