CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



JANUARY 



PAGE 



At Dawn of the Opening Day On the way to a 

 Famous Loch Speculations The Scene at 

 Kenmore A Picturesque Libation Loch Tay 

 Traces Afloat A Salmon on Captured 

 Another Battle Trolling-Rods : a Technical 

 Problem Suggested Solution Loch Lures 

 Playing a Salmon What ct Minnows" Are 

 Which is the Right One? 1 



CHAPTER II 



FEBRUARY 



Trout-Fishing Not much Scope for Luck The 

 Edinburgh Review's Theory of Flies Eyesight 

 of Man and That of the Trout A Case in 

 Point Male and Female Insects Some Par- 

 ticular Fly Always Preferred The Southern 

 School of Anglers Strange Doings in Hamp- 

 shire An Unfortunate Custom of the Scots 

 The Fruitfulness of Knowledge . . . 18 



