always take for gospel the fairy fishing tales flying about in the daily 

 round of life, and seem to derive quite enough pleasure from a tug 

 just now, and a solitary fish just then. Mind, they have no relations 

 to blush for them, and so far as appearances are concerned have not 

 the slightest intention of departing from the old beaten track." 



" Well, people can't be happy unless they are good." 



" That may be, but good people miss all the fun. The fun 

 commences when their reverses begin, when the red-letter days are 

 over. It IS then a veritable transformation scene for all those who 

 act in the ' stage play ' at the riverside — a scene effecting a change 

 from old-fashioned flies to clever ' variations ' and then to our latest 

 special patterns. However, soon after the ' Penpergwm Pet ' came 

 upon the scene at Usk, it accounted for no fewer than eleven salmon 

 in one day, all taken in the vicinity of Penpergwm bridge. But note 

 this, the body composed then of close coils of seals' fur carried as 

 much wing material as a man could safely put on. So there you are ; 

 you see how fashion changes ! We really must go with the times, 

 and not with the spirit of the age. And the sooner the folly of our 

 loyalty and devotion to tradition is conclusively demonstrated, and 

 a system to reap the full fruits of victory is introduced into use, the 

 sooner will salmon fishing attain to a higher level, and the greater 

 hold it will exercise over one and all alike." 



" Ladies included ? " 



" Yes, certainly ; even including the prawn and minnow 

 denomination whom we politely call Fishermen, because that's not 

 their name." 



" Oh, fancy the mistakes we all make ! " 



" Well, it is not so very surprising after all, for you know ' error 



