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VI. UNCLASSIFIED - - - " "57 



OF HOVERING - - - - "57 



OF THE PORPOISE ROLL - - "59 



VII. SUNDRY CONSIDERATIONS - - - - 6o 



OF THE RELATION OF PATTERN TO POSITION - 6o 



OF THE USE OF SPINNERS - - " ^3 



OF GENERAL FEEDERS - - - • ^7 



ON ATTENTION TO CASUAL FEEDERS - - JO 



OF THE FREQUENTATION OF DITCHES - - 73 



OF THE NEGOTIATION OF TAILERS - - 76 



OF THE FASCINATION OF BRIDGES - " 7^ 



VIII. MAINLY TACTICAL - - - - - 81 



OF THE DELIBERATE DRAG - - - 81 



IN THE GLASS EDGE - - - - 84 



OF THE CROSS-COUNTRY CAST - - "87 



WHAT TUSSOCKS ARE FOR - - - 89 



OF THE ALLEGED MARCH BROWN - "91 



OF GENERAL FLIES - - - " 9^ 



IX. CONSIDERATIONS MORAL, TACTICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, 



AND INCIDENTAL - - - "95 



OF FAITH - - - - - 95 



OF THE BANK OF VANTAGE - - - 98 

 OF COURAGE AND THE JEOPARDIZING OF 



TUPPENCE ha'penny - _ _ 103 



OF IMPOSSIBLE PLACES _ _ - 105 



OF THE USE OF THE LANDING-NET - - I09 



OF THE WEEDING TROUT - - - II5 

 INCIDENTALLY OF THE LIGHT ROD ON CHALK 



STREAMS - - - - - 117 



AND OF WET-FLY CASTING - - - 12O 



X. FRANKLY IRRELEVANT - - - - 122 



A DRY FLY MEMORY - _ _ - 122 



XI. ETHICS OF THE WET FLY - - - . 126 



XII. APOLOGIA - - - - - "I3I 



