Vlll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Characteristics of a True Sportsman Proper Flies for each 

 Season considered Different Flies for Different Times of 

 Day Dark Flies for Cold Weather, and vice versa Rule for 

 Choosing Flies for the Day Natural Flies vary in Num- 

 bers and Times of Appearance in Different Seasons Diary 

 of Flies on Breamish Table of Favourite Breamish Flies 

 Best Weather for Fly-fishing Model Day for Fly-fishing 

 Maxims Phenomenon of " the Feed" . Page 71 



CHAPTER V. 



Fitting up of Fly-casts How to divest the Gut-line of Crumples 

 Cardinal Points in Fly-fishing How to Cast the Flies 

 How to proceed to Work How to manoeuvre the Flies 

 Willowing a Fly How to cast an Underhand Line 

 How to strike a Fish How the Water is disturbed on a 

 Trout rising Behaviour of a Large Trout on being 

 hooked How to play and land a Large Trout How to 

 fish a River Maxims to be observed in Fly-fishing 95 



CHAPTER VI. 



DIPPING, OR NATURAL FLY-FISHING. 



Dipping ; Rod for ; Weather and Water for Dipping-baits 

 Green and Gray Drake-flies Stone-fly Blue-bottle 

 House-fly - Wood-fly Grasshopper Beetles Method 

 of Dipping Fishing with the Natural Fly in Open 

 Water Dipper's Wallet . . . . . 119 



CHAPTER VII. 



MINNOW-FISHING. 



Merits of New-fashioned Baits Spoon-baits, p,t hoc genus 



