FOREST AND STREAM 
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A NOTABLE BOOK FOR FLY FISHERMEN. 
(Continued from page 791.) 
Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 deal with the art of fly¬ 
fishing, the methods in use, the angler’s equip¬ 
ment and information for the beginner. 
Chapters 7, 8, 9 are concerned with the habits 
of trout, causes of coloration, their peculiarities 
of sight and hearing, and the necessity of under¬ 
standing these phenomena if a fisherman would 
be successful. 
Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13 are devoted to the 
handling of the equipment and show when to 
strike, and how. They deal also with the use 
of different colored flies and explain clearly 
those conditions of light which govern, or should 
govern if he thought about it with sufficient 
care, the angler’s choice. 
Chapters 14 to 20 contain additional useful 
information and data for all anglers experienced 
or otherwise. For the guidance of the latter 
there 'is a glossary, and there is an adequate 
index. 
The colored plates, of which there are 20, 
are the work of H. H. Leonard. These are re¬ 
produced by the four-color process, and it is 
safe to assert that in no book dealing with fish 
or mammals have such superb pictures be n seen. 
To the ichthyologist these plates have a perma¬ 
nent value and to the fisherman who would mas¬ 
ter his art, they are necessities. 
Every fly-fisherman today knows that there 
is eternal controversy going on between the ex¬ 
ponents of the wet-fly and the upholders of the 
dry-fly. No book bearing the title of Mr. South¬ 
ard’s would be complete unless there was some 
mention of these arguments. Our author is a 
wet-fly man without question, although when 
such conditions of stream demand it he has prac¬ 
ticed the other method. But he is a stanch up¬ 
holder of his own school, although an emi¬ 
nently fair writer when dealing with those who 
hold other views. 
And if he sometimes takes to account those 
dry-fly men who have been less impartial than 
he in their writings, he has not attacked their 
methods but sought rather to explain why his 
own are more successful. One can judge of his 
fairness by the following (pages 46-7) : 
“My suggestion to all fly-fishermen is to use 
both the wet and dry-fly methods of fishing, and 
not to confine themselves to either method ex¬ 
clusively, but to use the method best adapted to 
the waters it may be their good fortune to fish.” 
Mr. Southard writes as a good sportsman and 
not as a biased critic. And this attitude among 
fishermen is rarer than it should be. It would 
distress poor Isaac Walton immeasurably if he 
knew his gentle art had within it the germs of 
bitter dispute. 
“I have not written,” says Mr. Southard, “with 
'the intention of provoking controversy, because I 
am assured that brother anglers should, for the 
best interests of their pursuit, dwell together 
in unity whether they be tireless advocates of 
the dry-fly or contented disciples of the wet-fly.” 
After reading the 'book through with care and 
comprehension no man can accuse Mr. Southard 
of attempting 'to incite his opponents to fight. 
But if such dwellers in opposing camps should 
attempt to make this book appear merely a con¬ 
troversial one, they will do a great harm to fly¬ 
fishing. Mr. Southard’s work is an instructive 
one first and foremost, and more likely than any 
book of its kind yet written to explain with 
perfect clarity to the beginner what to do to at¬ 
tain success. 
But let no expert run away with the idea that 
the book is not equally well for such as he. Mr. 
Southard has one of those trained minds which 
delight to delve into the why and wherefore of 
things. He has found that under certain con- 
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