CHAPTER VII 



THE ANGLER AND HIS LURES 



SIR HENRY CUNYNGHAME, in the 

 Fishing Gazette of April 27th, 1912, was 

 the first to describe the appearance of the float- 

 ing fly, as seen from under the .water. In The 

 Field of May 3rd, 1912, I illustrated several 

 experiments with trout and salmon flies. These 

 experiments were carried out in a controlled 

 stream, and the observations were made from a 

 chamber built into one bank. 



A year later, also in The Field, I illustrated 

 the appearance of the angler seen from under the 

 water. This article was followed by a consider- 

 able amount of correspondence, which dealt 

 mainly with the optical explanation of the 

 appearances described. I would refer those 

 interested in this subject to the Spring Number 

 of The Field— 1913. 



In the present chapter I will deal merely with 



the fisherman and his methods, as seen from 



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