ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Speckled Brook Trout, Colored Plate . Fromiipiece 



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The Willowemoc 4 



Casting in the Shallows, Photogravure 8 



" Rising to the Natural Fly " 14 



" Evening Firelight Stories " 30 



"Dashing Down Stream " (Beaverkill) 58 



" Taking the First Rush " 62 



V. C. Bartlett's Sportsmen's Home, Saranac Lake, 



New York, in 1873 76 



Paul Smith's in 1873 80 



Trout Flies, Colored Plate no 



"Softly Creeping, Lightly Dropping" 114 



A Cool Spot in Leafy June, Photogravure 122 



" The End of a Stiff Fight " 144 



The "Mongaup" at De Bruce 150 



" Ready for Cooking " 160 



" Tired of the Struggle " 170 



"A Pool where Big Fellows Lie Low" 178 



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