Contents

– Introduction –

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CASTING OUT

– H. T. SHERINGHAM –

Hints on Fishing

2

– NORMAN MACLEAN – from A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

3

– DAME JULIANA BERNERS –

from A Treatyse of Fysshynge

8

– OTA PAVEL – from How I Came to Know Fish

12

– IZAAK WALTON – from The Compleat Angler

15

– FRANK BUCKLAND – from A Familiar History of British Fishes

20