FISH PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCURSIONS 163 
the reader to the illustration of a sea-trout, facing 
page 82. 
On this particular excursion I was most fortunate 
in obtaining fish and good weather in which to photo- 
graph them. But it is unwise to upset a household with 
fish photography for more than a fortnight at a time, 
however kind your host, and so I moved on to Acle, 
a village on the River Bure. 
Sending home all my tackle except one tank, some 
short lengths of hose, and the fish-cans, I took up my 
quarters at the hotel. 
Frequently it is not possible to take all the gear for 
tank photography, and the method of working with a 
single tank is as follows: Place the tank on a box or 
table, fix up a white sheet ten or twelve feet behind it, 
and photograph the fish in clear water without any 
stones or weeds in the tank. The white sheet should 
be sufficiently far behind the tank to be quite out of 
focus, and then no creases will show. A print from a 
negative obtained in this manner will show the fish 
against a perfectly clear background. When dealing 
with photography “at home,” I will describe how a 
suitable scene is photographed to fit this fish, and the 
two negatives used to make a combination print. 
At Acle I found four anglers who had taken up their 
quarters at the hotel with a two-fold object: one of 
having a good time, and the other of attempting to 
catch fish. These four fishermen came down to break- 
fast on the first morning after my arrival to find me at 
