By John Beever (1849)

The old saying " The more things change, the more they stay the same ", is certainly true of this book. Our equipment has certainly changed and improved, but it ultimately comes down to us, our flies, and the fish. Written over 150 years ago, you will be surprised how "current" some of the authors observations are today.

"Practical Fly-Fishing was founded on nature and tested by the experience of nearly forty years in various parts of the United Kingdom. With instructions for imitating all the most useful flies and also remarks on fly-rods and the best woods for them and the best way of making them." Although the materials used to fly fish for trout have changed, the trout, their behaviors, and the methods used to fish for them, have changed little.

I found this book to be interesting on several levels. Having been written over 150 years ago, I found interesting the details describing the equipment used by the Fly Fisherman back then. Also they described that by careful observation you will be able to catch more trout.

The following paragraphs are from Practical Fly Fishing;

Hints on Fly-Fishing

Fish fine and far off, say the books; fine and you please, but never far off, when you can help it. Not that you are to place yourself immediately above the fish, with a short line, but get below them, or, at any rate abreast of them.  Nineteen out of every twenty fish, taken by the fly, are killed with a line under ten yards long from the top of the rod. Whilst the fisher is straining nerves and tackle, and cracking off his flies, to reach a fish in a broad part of a river, let him remember that other fish are rising at the same time in narrower places which he can cover with ease. It is of no use throwing more line than he can swim when it is thrown; and this swimming of the artificial-fly is beyond my power to explain, as it partakes of the nature of Genius. Some acquire it, in a degree, very early, whilst others would plod for a hundred years, without ever dreaming that such a thing was requisite. Give a fiddler, who knows how to play, Paganini’s violin and bow-will that make him a Paganini?

A fact or two will better illustrate my meaning.  Two Gentleman went out together, in Derbyshire, for a few hours’ fishing; they used the same flies; both were attentive and diligent. After the lapse of a few hours one of them had eighteen pounds, the other not more than four.

Two anglers got permission for a day’s fishing, and the use of a boat, on a lake in Wales. One of them made a few flies for their joint use. The one, at the end of the day’s sport, had forty-eight Trout, weighing twenty-four pounds; the other had not three pounds.

Let no learner despair, or think to himself, I shall never be a fly-fisher; I shall never return home with a basket full of fish. Depend upon it, you will. Industry, neatness and perseverance, will do anything. I had just your ideas when a youth. I was standing on the margin of that broad and beautiful pool, below the bridge at Cromford; the flies were on the water; the fish were rising; but I could take nothing.

A brisk and cheerful little man jumped over the wall, and came to me in his shirt sleeves, with a fly-rod in his hand. It was Frank, the chaise-driver of Matlock, one of the nicest and best fishers in England- always true to his colours. And what was far better, one of Natures’s gentlemen. I showed him the fish I had been throwing at, and he took them. Then he showed me his flies, and kindly told me what they were, and pointed out their resemblance to those which I had seen upon the water.

I followed him for some time, to watch him fish, and to ask from him such information as occurrences suggested, which he kindly gave me; and I have never desponded since.

THE ANTIQUITY OF FLYFISHING

The Art of Fishing with the Artificial Fly is of much higher antiquity than is generally imagined; as will be seen by the following extract from AElian, a Greek author, who flourished more than sixteen hundred years ago, and who is quoted by Walton, in his “Complete Angler”; though, most probably, he had never read his works, as a passage so interesting could not well have escaped his notice. We are informed by his biographer, that Walton had not the advantage of a learned education, and that he quoted chiefly from the translations of Topsel and others.

EXTRACT FROM AELIAN.

 “I have been informed of the following method of fishing, practiced in the river Astraeus, which flows between Beraea and Thessalonica. The fishes bred here are tinged with many colours, and provide themselves food from the indigenous insects which flutter about the river.

“Nor are these flies of the same species with those which are found everywhere; they are unlike Bees, Wasps, and Hornets: they bear, however, some affinity to each of these, for, together with a degree of boldness, which they possess in common with many others, they have the size of the Hornet, the colour of the Wasp, and like the Bee make a humming noise (the inhabitants call them Hippuri). These insects, fluttering about on the surface of the water, are not unnoticed by the fish; for as soon as a fish sees one of these flies come upon the water, he sails to it in the quietest manner, lest the agitation of the water should cause it to change its situation; and approaching directly to its shadow, like a wolf snatching a sheep from the flock, or and eagle a goose from the flight, so does he with his widely-gaping mouth devour it.

“Now, although the fishermen are by no means ignorant of this circumstance, they do not make use of these flies to ensnare the fish, for upon begin touched with the hand, they immediately lose their natural colour, their wings fall off, and the become unfit for the food of fishes, as they do not value them in the least. They, however, who are eminently skilled in the art of angling, by a certain crafty device and cunning machination overreach these fishes. They wrap the hook round with scarlet wool, and to this they add two wings from the beard or wattles of a cock, and of a yellowish colour: they from these into the figure and shape of the fly: their rod is four cubits long, and their line a similar length: these hidden deceits they cast upon the water; the fishes, allured by the colour, eagerly approach, and believing from its fair appearance that it is their much-admired food, are transfixed by the hooked bait, and with the loss of their liberty, obtain the vexatious food.”—

AElian, De Animalium Natura, XV,I.

I leave you with a statement by Mr. Beever which gives you a sense of the man and his commitment to learning and his unpretentiousness about his knowledge of Fly Fishing. " I put before you my principles, and give you my experience. If you can improve upon either, do so by all means."

I hope you like this ebook as much as I did.

By John Lyle King (1880) 

                                                    

	"A Chat About Dry Fly Fishing"  By Major G. Baille (1921)
"Fly fishing in a clear, low water is beyond comparison, the most difficult of all the branches of the angler's art, and should therefore rank highest as sport," The challenge of fly fishing is not for everyone. If it was always easy I would loose my interest very quickly as I'm sure many of you would loose your interest to. But the mental challenge and the beautiful surroundings in which we find ourselves during our pursuit of trout, keeps my interest and enthusiasm and I can't wait to do it again. I know for me its not about catching more trout anymore, but catching more quality trout. That can be accomplished by honing our skills, like precise casting of our flies, and knowing where to cast to. These books in most part deal with learning how to read the water. Here is another quote from the author: "This small book on dry fly angling is intended for would-be dry fly sportsmen, who, owing to real or imaginary difficulties, may be somewhat timid about commencing ; if it should be the means of encouraging some to take up one of the most healthy and delightful of sports, my object will have been attained." "There are three essentials which a dry fly angler must possess so as to thoroughly enjoy and be successful in this form of trout fishing :- 1. Patience, 2. Love of Nature, And 3. A System.   When to Strike               I think that the majority of anglers are agreed that it is important to strike at once.  Some try to get out of the difficulty by hedging.  H.I. Regan advises, “Don’t strike too soon, but meet the grip of the fish with a delicate but firm strain.”  In other words, I take this to mean, “let the trout strike himself.”  It is so important to strike immediately, having seen the rise which in dry fly fishing you are expecting, that it is as well to discuss the reason why one does not do so, and why one should so do.  There is a natural timidity about striking too soon and perhaps pulling the fly away from the fish; on the contrary, when fishing up stream, as in dry fly; the trout is head up stream and you are striking down stream, both factors in favor of striking at once.  When you see the rise, the fish has already taken the fly, and is doubling round to get into position again, and that is the time to catch him bending; strike at once before he has time to discover the fraud.  Supposing you notice that when drinking a pint of beer, you have taken a fly unto your mouth; instantly, and I may say, involuntarily, in spite of all the laws of etiquette, you eject it; in other words, you have instantly noticed something in your mouth which should not be there according to your long experience of drinking beer.             A trout, being a connoisseur in the matter of flies, suddenly finds that instead of the soft, delicate morsel he has for years been accustomed to suck in, he has something in his mouth which has as much resemblance to a fly as a Carlton cutlet has to an Army iron ration.             Are you going to make him sample your iron ration or allow him to make reference for future guidance?  Remember that he who hesitates is lost, and also remember that a very slight twist back of your wrist will do the trick, as a quarter of an inch will fix the hook as firmly in his jaw as it will in your ear or your finger.             Regarding the importance of striking as soon as possible, I look at the matter in the following way.  You see a rise, presumably at your fly, the trout has either taken or missed it, if the former there is an end of the argument, and the more you drive the point home the better; if the latter there is no harm done as the trout cannot instantly right himself to see what has happened.  Personally I have never yet been quite convinced how much of the striking has been done by the trout or by myself, and I think that by striking at once one meets the trout half-way.  If there is no drag and the trout is keen on having your fly he will strike himself.  Francis, in “book on Angling,” advises striking at once, so that later on in the book I was puzzled when reading the following:: – “I had cast my fly into the water, and having to light my pipe I allowed the fly to sink to the bottom, when I recommenced I raised the point of the rod to withdraw the tackle, but the line was too long and dragged, and I fancied I had taken hold of a weed.  I then took the line in by hand and found that, instead of being caught in a weed, the fly had been picked up by a good fish.  I struck him with the hand and eventually killed him.”  Surely when it is necessary to calculate almost to the fraction of a second when to strike a fish, this trout had assuredly struck himself. HOW OFTEN ONE SHOULD CAST OVER A RISE?               Some authorities recommend half a dozen casts, some a dozen.  So long as a trout is feeding regularly there is always hope of hooking him.  I will quote three examples from my own experience recently.  I saw a trout feeding regularly and fished over him for about one hour, eventually hooking him on an olive dun; all the time he had been mopping up these flies as hard as he could, but took nearly one hour to make up his mind about mine, although the wind, etc., was in my favor for good casting; he was well over a pound, because I had a good view of him when he leaped out of the water, taking the fly with him, and leaving me the rest.  Very shortly afterwards I noticed a good rise further up the river, for nearly one hour and a half I tried seven different flies, the last being a very attenuated hair’s ear, the only one I had, which he seized on the first cast.  I put him down at three pounds weight, because he leaped twice out of the water, and the last time I saw him very distinctly floating in front of my face, owing to the bank having given way beneath me.             The third instance, I saw a trout feeding well and regularly, the same diet, olive dun, he was sucking them in as fast as they chose to come along.  I tried him for a long time unsuccessfully, on coming back about two hours later, he took my fly after a few casts, made a dash for the bank, and smashed me.  For several days after this I tried him each day for quite a long time, without success; I never put him down and all the time he was sucking in olive duns.             It is indeed a mystery when fishing for a particular trout which is feeding steadily and you know for certain the fly he is taking, how you can cast continuously over him for a considerable length of time, and, without putting him down, fail entirely to get him to take your fly.             It is better to have hooked and lost than never to have hooked at all; but it is very exasperating to keep on losing fishing throughout the day, possibly the light may have something to do with it, or the fish may have had a surfeit, and be only playing with the fly, or taking it half-heartedly: do not omit to examine your hook to see if it is bent outwards or has the barb broken off.  If this state of things exists, lie down as close as you can to the river’s edge and watch a rise carefully and you may find that you are either not striking quickly enough or too quickly. When fish are feeding regularly and you know the fly they are taking, but cannot induce them to fancy yours, this may be due to some slight peculiarity in the hatch of flies for that evening which you may be quite unable to detect; I have occasionally overcome the difficulty by casting the instant I have seen the rise so that the motion of the water may conceal whatever defect I may suppose exists in the artificial fly.  I think it is a matter of taste on the part of the trout, and that the difference between the natural and artificial must be slight, as I do not recollect under the circumstances having put the fish down.             Another source of disappointment to the uninitiated angler is when to all appearances trout are rising well and his fly remains unnoticed.  This may be due to “bulging.”  I have carefully read many references to “bulging” trout; but there are two conditions which I have not seen explained, one is why a trout will not take any notice of your fly, and another is how to detect “bulging” trout.  When trout are “bulging” they are feeding on Nymphae coming up from the bottom of the river; and as they have not got eyes in the back of their head, incredible as this may seem at times, they do not see your fly, but occasionally, either because they may desire a change of scenery, or may be suffering from a stiff back, they look up, and at that moment, if your fly happens to be floating down he may make a snap at it.  I have watched trout very carefully, and it appears to me that, when they are bulging, although there may be quite useful rings on the surface of the water, there rarely is a breach of surface; if this should happen it will be formed by the motion of his tail and will not be in the centre of the ring.  The usual lament is:  “They were rising well, but would not look at my fly.”  That is what does happen; they do not look at it.  The first thing which will probably put you wise regarding bulging trout, is that you may not be able to detect any flies on the water to account for the rise.  Keen observations, patience, and knowledge of trout habits and needs will provide the angler with great opportunity to catch fish. 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	"Red Palmer"  By James Tayler (1888)
Here is a review from  "Land and Water"; of this fine book; "This unpretentious, yet well written, work contains a large amount of information, which may be read with advantage by all followers of the more refined branch of the gentle art." Mr. Tayler writes "A knowledge of the habits of trout is very essential, and this knowledge can only be acquired by careful observation. The largest fish are generally to be found where they can obtain the best supply of food- such points as just below sharp bends of the stream, behind large stones or other obstructions, at the head or tail of deep pools, and on the margin of swift currents, or under overhanging banks; and , if you take a good fish at any particular spot, you will probably find, a day or two afterwards, that the next best fish in that locality has taken the place of the one you captured." That passage written nearly 120 years ago is as true today as it was then. The equipment of then, measured against today's standards, was simply elementary, so an angler needed to have very good observational techniques in order to catch trout. Today's information on trout fishing using current fly fishing techniques has great continuity to the books written a hundred years or more ago. This continuity with our ancestors makes reading these old books a delight for me. Here is another passage from  Red Palmer: "Everything combines to render fly-fishing the most attractive of all branches of the angler's art. The attempt to capture trout, which are seen to rise at natural flies, is in itself an excitement which no other method possesses. Then the smallness of the hook and the fineness of the tackle necessary for success increases the danger of escape, and consequently the excitement and the pleasure of the capture; and for our own part, we would rather hook, play, and capture a trout of a pound weight with fly, then one of a pound and a half with minnow," How true. WET AND DRY FLY-FISHING.  Various opinions prevail as to wet and dry fishing, and I think in this matter, if we want to deceive trout, we should follow Nature as closely as possible.  On a dry, quiet day the wings of the natural fly are dry, and when it falls on the water it takes some time before they become saturated, and until then it floats on the surface.  Imitate this by giving your artificial fly two or three flicks backwards and forwards before you finally throw it.  You thus shake the water out of it, and it floats.  But on wet or very windy days the natural fly soon becomes wet with rain, or from the broken surface of the water, and at such times let the artificial lure sink a few inches beneath the surface, and if the trout are feeding, fishing in this manner is most deadly.  At night I have generally found wet fly-fishing to answer best, even when there has been no rain, and I attribute this to the natural flies becoming damp with dew and thereby sinking.  For dry fly-fishing floating flies are now much used.  The great objection to them appears to be the hardness of their bodies, which is no sooner found by trout to be different to the natural fly than they blow it out without giving time to strike.  I have found this particularly with cork-bodied May-flies, and prefer the ordinary body in consequence.             Mr. G. Holland, of Salisbury, makes a speciality of floating flies on eyed hooks and cobweb gut, which bear an excellent reputation; and my friend, Mr. R. B. Lodge, has lately invented a floating fly with an air-tight body, which floats well and does not get water-logged.  If he can make it of a soft material, not liable to be punctured by the trout’s teeth, I think, there will be no doubt of its being a great improvement. On Flies               There is no subject on which anglers differ so much as to what assortment of flies is necessary.  Some will carry as many as a hundred sorts in their book, while a few, following Mr. Cholmondely Pennell, are content with three nondescripts of quite an unnatural appearance, and pretend they can catch as many fish as the man who goes prepared with a larger quantity.  Walton names nine, beside caterpillars; and Cotton mentions sixty-nine; while Ronald, in his splendid work, describes very many more to choose from.  David Foster speaks of thirty-one.  My experience has taught me that about twenty are necessary and sufficient for all ordinary purposes.  In calm weather and smooth water one fly at a time is enough; but in rain, wind, or broken water, two, three, or even four flies may be used with advantage, as you give the fish a variety to choose from , and can thereby find out which kind they are taking, and adapt your cast to their taste.             The fly nearest the rod is called the “first drop,” the next the “second drop,” and so on, and the farthest from the rod the “stretcher.”  The last drop should be about 20 in. from the stretcher, and the other drops 12 in. or 14 in. apart.  When it is thought desirable to use more than one fly, bend the loop of your drop fly round one of the knots in the casting-line, and pass the drop through the loop thus bent and draw it tight.  The drop fly will thus stand at right angles with the casting-line, and should be about 3 in. from it, and the trout will not be likely to come in contact with the line when seizing the fly.             It does not very often happen that you hook two trout at a time, and after you have hooked the, the difficulty is to get them both into the landing-net, as they dart about in divers directions; but I succeeded in hooking and landing two at a time on three occasions in the summer of 1881.  In such cases get the fish on the stretcher into the net first.  Two at a time necessitates good tackle and very careful handling.  When one can accomplish this difficult feat, with two trout of a pound weight each, he may consider himself a fly-fisher.             Artificial flies should represent, in size, shape, and colour, as nearly as possible the natural flies which frequent the water you are fishing. On examining the following selection it will be found that the natural flies are chiefly represented by three colours—green, yellow, and brown; and, although Mr. Pennell was so far right, the general appearance of natural flies must also be imitated, if you would achieve success.  I do not hold it necessary to follow minutely every colour, or the exact shape of the natural fly, because nine out of every ten fish caught seize the fly immediately it alights on the water, and sometimes even before it touches; therefore they cannot have time to study very particularly every detail of the lure thus suddenly presented to them, but seeing something apparently resembling what they are feeding on, dash at it instantaneously, and find out the mistake when it is too late.  What is of far greater importance than the exact representation of the natural fly is, that when the artificial falls on the water there should be nothing else occurring at the same time to scare the fish.  The motion of the arm, the flash of the rod, the bungling of the casting-line, or pitching the fly on the water in an unnatural manner, all tend to make trout rise short, or not rise at all.             In determining what colours to use it is desirable to look at both natural and artificial specimens through water from underneath, as they then appear quite different to what they do when viewed out of water.  The late John Hammond, of Winchester, designer of the Hammond’s Adopted and Wickham’s Fancy, once showed me this through a clear-bottomed decanter.             The following list of flies will be found in the greater part of the United Kingdom, although they may be called by different names in different localities, the chief variation being in size rather than colour or shape; and it is always desirable to use artificial flies of the size of the natural ones which are to be found in the locality you are fishing:—             Red Spinner, March Brown, Blue Dun, Alder Fly, Hofland’s Fancy, Stone Fly, Grannum, Wickham’s Fancy, Oak Fly, Sedge, Green Drake, Grey Drake, Coachman, Black Palmer, Red Palmer, Coch-y-bonddhu, Red Ant, July Dun, Black Gnat, White Moth.             I am convinced that, with the above assortment of flies, there are not many days in the season but that one or other of them will do execution, and there is seldom a day that trout do not rise at some time or other in it, unless the water be too thick for them to see the fly.  As I am writing for the average fly-fisher, who need not waste the time or take the trouble to make his own flies, I will not attempt to describe the manner of making them, believing that it is much better to visit a good tackle shop and get what is required; yet I think it desirable to show of what materials they should be composed, in order that he may know what are the most killing sorts, and how to distinguish them in ordering. Great information from one of the early masters of our sport. The information in this book will help you catch more trout. I hope you read and enjoy this book as much as I did. You can download it below. Get it now !                                                                  $.99 USD

	"A Day's Angling On The Almond"  By Frank Fayle (1862)
Frank Fayle writes about one of his favorite rivers in Scotland, the Almond. The river is full of trout and yet they are difficult to catch because of the constant fishing pressure. He writes about how to approach the Almond in great detail and about the equipment used. The techniques recommended by him are techniques that can be used by today's anglers. "The Almond, as an angling river, ought to stand high in the scale of trouting streams. Many look upon it, however, with the purest contempt ; and would consider a day spent there so much lost time. But we appeal to those who value the contents of a basket less by its weight than by the amount of skill requisite to fill one." This was and is a difficult river to fish well. Throughout the world there are rivers like the Almond, hard to fish. But if you want to succeed in catching more trout in these rivers, you must learn the fine details of fly fishing that will give you the necessary knowledge to succeed. Here are some fly fishing tips from this classic ebook that will help you catch more trout; How to Do It.               There are half-a dozen general rules that ought to be attended to, which are worth all the choice flies that ever were invented.  If these are constantly kept in view, and studiously carried out, patience and perseverance will do the rest.  If even one is neglected, the chances of success are correspondingly diminished.             They are these: (1)               Have your rod and line as light, and your gut as fine as possible.  The lightness of the rod tells considerably in the course of a day’s fly-fishing; and one of fourteen feet is quite sufficient to command any part of the Almond.  A stiff rod is better than one too pliable, as by it the line is more easily kept in hand, and the necessity of sharp striking renders this of the utmost importance.  The line should be light that it may not cling too much to the water, and should taper gradually from the top of the rod to its junction with the casting-line.  The gut must also be of the finest texture, as the reason why trout take the lure readier in discolored water is not because they are more hungry on these occasions, but because its connection with the angler on shore is less easily perceived. (2)               throw as long a line as you are able:  no longer, however.  The greater the distance between you and your flies, the greater your chance of a rise; for trout will not touch the daintiest morsel you can give them if they see the giver.  It is well to keep the sun in your face, even if it cost you a wet foot in crossing; and as the wind is of great assistance in casting, you should, of course, take advantage of it when circumstances permit. (3)               Throw frequently.  Upon this depends greatly the weight of a day’s take, as we believe that nine out of every ten fish caught with fly, are got before the flies reach the actual surface of the stream or immediately thereafter; and you must ever be ready to strike on the least motion being visible on the water in the vicinity of their landing, as most trout take the fly with little more than their snout out of water––not waiting, as some tamely do, till they feel a tug at the line, which frequently proves the farewell salute of some enlightened trout.  It is therefore of the greatest importance that your flies reach the water first, to which object the fineness of your line will greatly tend. (4)               Keep your eye always in the direction of your flies.  The senses of sight, touch, and hearing must be developed in no ordinary degree in the proficient angler––the first especially.  He must strike sharp and at once on every symptom of motion in the vicinity of his flies; for, ere the line is sufficiently straightened to affect the fish, some time must elapse––enough frequently to enable him to escape. (5)               Learn to be able to land your flies on the desired spot.  The largest trout are frequently to be found immediately beneath bushes that overhang some quiet corner of the stream, lying open-mouthed and ready to seize any of those unfortunate insects which linger there and occasionally drop to the water; and to be able to make your flies cut the same caper without fraternizing with the bushes above, requires coolness, confidence, calculation, and a steady hand. 6)               Look at your line frequently.  See whether your flies are in their proper situation––attached to your line; as however little chance the tyro may have of catching fish with hooks, these chances cannot fail to be considerably diminished when, behind him, they are strangling violently some innocent shrub. (7)               Fish up stream.  Trouts almost invariably feed upwards, except in still water; and by throwing your line in the same direction, you obtain at least two great advantages––your being invisible to the trout; and the greater certainty of hooking him, otherwise there is much risk of pulling your fly straight out of his mouth.  Another advantage is that, after your flies have reached the water, they assume a more natural position in being borne along with it, than in going against it. (8)               Keep moving.  Do not remain long in one place.  Better return to any likely spot, than by lingering long in its vicinity; thoroughly alarm all its inhabitants.  You are certain to fill a larger basket by touching lightly the various streams in the whole range at your command, than by over-doing a few. (9)               No need for great variety of flies.  A few casts, with hair-ear for the tail-fly, red and black hackles for droppers (larger and smaller sizes for the darker and clearer states of the water), laid properly on the stream, attached to the finest gut you can command, and you are certain, from March till October, of meeting with the best success on the River Almond. Yet there is something to be done after the hook has changed quarters.  Care must be taken that you do not pull it forth again, and that you do not, in your excitement, drag him to hastily shoreward.  For the former contingency, we have given, in rule seventh, the only assurance; in the latter, where more than the fish will be involved in its escape, coolness is the desideratum.  If he is securely fixed––which you will easily know by his lingering about the bottom, trying by rubbing his snout among the stones to rid himself of the troublesome thing in his jaws––he will soon give play by tearing up, across, and down stream with the utmost velocity; up again with accelerated speed, till you fancy his tremulous pantings are felt at your end of the rod.  Then slowly backwards to his former haunts he comes.  In all his vagaries must he be humoured:  let him have time to give vent to his last burst of despair––to reconcile himself to his fate––to say farewell to his friends.  Then lead him gently down stream, to some favorable spot where the water, gradually shoaling, ripples softly on a sandy or gravelly beach.  But beware of him as he first sights his captor!  Often at that moment is his attitude of stubborn compliance exchanged for that of determined resistance; and the struggle that follows is a trial between the soundness of your slip-knots and his indifference to pain.  The line hold good, the enemy may be numbered with the slain––in your basket! This book A Day's Angling on the Almond is a wonderful ebook and I hope you read it. It was a small book in size, as many of that time, and was designed to be carried with you and referenced  while fishing. Order below and start reading it tonight.                                                               $.99 USD Contact us: Home Page   FlyfishingEbooks.com is a division of Vary Unique Products Copyright © flyfishingEbooks.com All Rights Reserved