CHAPTEE VII. 



PISHING GOSSIP. FLY FISHING IN FRANCE. 



" Marry come up and I will trie, 

 In yonder brooke which flows hard bye, 

 Some trout to snare." OLD SONG. 



AVING in my last chapter given you a 

 short account of the places where you 

 may expect decent fishing, I will now 

 proceed to tell you how you ought to 

 set about it. 



Never, as a rule, if you are fishing for trout, 

 whip the large streams, the little ones are much 

 better ; small ditches, in fact, those that have 

 a few stones, holes, and undermined banks are 

 the best, and for this reason the larger rivers 

 are always being tormented with would-be 

 anglers. Frenchmen, generally speaking, are 

 not by any means first-rate fly fishers. They 



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