72 Attributes of an Experienced Angler. 



To be able, at a glance, to perceive where fish are almost 

 certain to be, in any stream or water, is solely the result 

 of observation and experience, and cannot be conveyed by 

 any written directions. Without this apparently intui- 

 tive knowledge, a man cannot be an expert Angler ; but 

 with it he casts his flies on the water, morally cer- 

 tain to find the object of which he is in quest, and is 

 seldom disappointed, though he does not always make a 

 capture. 



Every Angler in the kingdom deserving the appellation 

 has some fixed idea, some general expression or outline, 

 prefigured to his imagination, as to what a good fishing 

 stream should be, and in what portion of it a trout is to 

 be found. It has been remarked that " a fine fishing 

 stream has all the standard elements of permanent 

 beauty, that appertain to the beautiful in every branch of 

 art or science whatever." 



