HOW TQ OBTAIN. IT, 
CHAPTER I. 
FISH PONDS-—CONSTRUCTION, 
How not to make them—How to make them— Water supply—Sluices and over- 
flow—"' Safety valve" —Leaf screens—Ponds to be off the stream—Flood water kept 
out—Spawning beds—Barren water—Cultivation—Artificial Spates—Storage of 
water—Outlet screen—Effect of wind—NMaterial for screens—Various kinds and 
importance of screens—Fontinalis rising to the fly —Bottom outlets—How to work 
them. 
ae “ Angler’s Paradise” may now be placed within the reach of 
everyone who can handle a fishing rod. ‘How to obtain 
it” is the question before us. This I shall endeavour to answer, 
so far at least as to enable all who have the facilities, to commence 
operations forthwith. To enter into all details would be hardly 
within the bounds of possibility in so small a space. I must ask 
the reader, therefore, to pardon me if I appear not to refer with 
sufficient fulness to all matters connected with the subject. I 
will do my best to make matters plain and easy for all. Already 
many public waters exist where fishing may be had by anyone on 
fairly reasonable terms. There are other places also in course of 
formation, where the working-man can spend his Saturday 
afternoon or Bank holiday. It is now quite easy in many 
localities, by co-operation, for a working-man’s club to provide 
excellent angling for the members at a very moderate cost. 
In connection with the country house, mansion, or shooting 
lodge, a series of fish ponds will soon become in many cases a 
necessity. They need not in any way interfere with the five or 
ten mile walks up-stream, or the delightful hours spent in the 
solitary glen or on the mountain loch. Rather will they become 
accessory or supplementary to such excursions, for they may be 
