should be totall)- (iiffrrcnt in cliaractcr, and a trillc sniallor. Should 

 the third aUcni])! fail, allow a long interval and then try a Grub, liul 

 before t^iving ui, present a very large dark fly, afterwards a very large 

 bright one, and fish both ciuickl}'. 



lixaiiiiiic, take note, niid endeavour to remeutber the run of tite 

 icater in all taking Catehes, and you'll soon learn to '' spot" unknown 

 lay- byes in flood time. 



In these principles lie the greatest potentialities of our art. 

 Genuine adherence to them will make a fairly skilled workman senu- 

 independent of the ruling eventuality — disappointment. 



Side Issues. — Sterne says, digressions are the sunshine, the life 

 and soul of reading. Now, although a slight detour is made at tins 

 point by special request, it is not intended necessarily to depart very 

 much from the line of argument, but ratlier to endeavour to advance 

 the immediate subject before us. 



A little while ago (October, iqdo), the post brought, from five or 

 six different sources, a cutting from a paper which occ;isioned the 

 attack upon current literature made b_\- a \oung fisherman (page 20). 

 It criticised in a singular manner the definite system of fly-work, 

 founded on approved and unassailable principles, fully authenticated 

 by competent judges, and explained at great length in " The Salmon 

 Fly." 



Although devoid of every tr;u:e of keen angling insight, and 

 every trace of the simple precaution having been taken to investigate 

 the subject at any time, the critic is entitled to generous sympathy 

 and consideration by reason of the fact that he wrote in the most 

 open and honourable manner, and not under the vagueness of any 

 noni de plume. Nevertheless, his hasty conclusions afford just an 



