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prefer fishing in that way, even though they do not 

 catch so many trout. If any angler prefers catching 

 five pounds weight of trout fishing down stream, to 

 ten pounds weight fishing up, we may wonder at 

 his taste, but it is no concern of ours. Our duty is 

 to point out how most trout can be captured in a 

 given time ; and that is by fishing up stream, and 

 such is now the method adopted by all the best fly- 

 fishers of the day. 



Those anglers who have adopted fishing up 

 stream are principally those who were adepts in 

 the old system, and who were possessed of all the 

 nicety in casting, and other knowledge so essential 

 to successful up-stream fishing. 



The art of fly-fishing or fishing of any kind 

 may be summed up in knowing what to fish with, 

 and how, when, and where to fish. We have rather 

 transposed the arrangement, and taken part of the 

 second division first, because it is necessary to estab- 

 lish whether the angler should fish up or down, 

 before considering what he is to fish with, different 

 tackle being necessary for the former method. In 

 the subsequent chapters we shall return to the pro- 

 per arrangement, and shall complete in its proper 

 place the division already half finished. 



