CONTENTS 



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PREFACE ..... 9 



PART I 

 INTRODUCTORY 



I. PHILOSOPHIES OF A FISHERMAN . . .15 



II. MY FIRST TROUT . . . . .20 



PART II 

 A FLY-FISHER'S YEAR 



I. THE TURN OF THE YEAR . . . .29 



II. FEBRUARY FILL-DYKE . . . .35 



III. A MARCH SALMON . . . . .46 



IV. APRIL IN NORTH DEVON . . . .59 

 V. A WILTSHIRE WATER-MEADOW . . .63 



VI. THE FIRST DRY-FLY DAY . . . .73 



VII. ON THE ITCHEN, IN MAY . . . .78 



VIII. A WEEK-END IN WILTSHIRE . . .97 



IX. A MAY-FLY DAY 103 



X. AN EVENING RISE . . . . .112 



XI. SEA-TROUT IN THE SHETLANDS . . . 121 



XII. "MY ENEMY" 138 



XIII. A FISHERMAN'S FALL . . . .147 



XIV. A GRAYLING DAY ..... 155 



XV. BY THE STUDY FIRE . . . .164 



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