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proved Essential ; Diversity in Colour of Flies ; Size, Shape, 

 and Colourrequired in Flies ; Causes of Failure in Fly-fishing ; 

 Attributes of an Experienced Angler ........ 43 



CHAPTER V. 



THE TROLLING AND WORM ROD. How to make a Worm- 

 rod ; the Plain Reel most useful ; the Fly-fisher's Requisites ; 

 the Landing-net; how to make a Landing-net; how to 

 use the Landing-net 73 



CHAPTER VI. 



MINNOW-FISHING. Bull-head and Loach Fishing; Advan- 

 tages of Trolling ; Methods of fitting up Trolling Tackle ; 

 the Trolling-rod ; Method of Minnow Trolling ; Clear-water 

 Trolling ; Artificial Minnows ; Fishing with Live Minnows. 82 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE STONE-FLY OR MAT-FLY. May-fly Tackle and Bait- 

 ing ; May-fly Fishing ; where to throw "the May -fly ; May- 

 fly Tackle; May -fly Horn; Mid-current Fishing success- 

 ful ; how to preserve May-flies 92 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE GREEN AND GREY DRAKE. Green-drake Fishing ; Blue- 

 bottle and Oak-fly Fishing; Clap-bait Fishing; Cad-bait 

 Fishing ; Gentil and Creeper Fishing ; Methods of Creeper 

 Baiting; where to fish with Creeper 101 



CHAPTER IX. 



HOOKS, GUT, ETC. How to make Gut ; to stain Gut, Hair, &c. ; 

 Best Baits for Worm-fishing ; Worms how to scour them ; 

 Worm-fishing in Clear Waters; Worm-baiting for Clear- 

 water Fishing ; Reasons for Up-stream Fishing ; how to fish 

 with a Worm ; Comparison between Worm and Fly Fishing ; 

 Worm-knot a good Bait for Trout ; how to prepare Salmon 

 Roe; how and where to fish with Salmon Roe; how to 

 disgorge a Bait 109 



CHAPTER X. 



FLY-DRESSING. Its Requisites; Feathers for Trout Flies; 

 Mixtures of Colours in Fly-dressing ; Feathers for Salmon 

 Flies ; Miscellaneous Articles used in Dressing Trout and 

 Salmon Flies ; Fly-making a Scientific and Pleasant Art ; 

 Fly-dressing a necessary Acquirement ; Selection and Ar- 

 rangement of Feathers and other Materials for Fly- dressing ; 

 how to dress a Hackled- fly, Dubbed -fly, Spider- fly, and 



