The Wharfe near Burnsall.
Photo by Mr. L. A. Edmonds
BROOK AND RIVER
TROUTING
A Manual of modern North Country methods
With Coloured Illustrations of Flies
and Fly-Dressing Materials
By
HARFIELD H. EDMONDS
NORMAN N. LEE
Published by the Authors, 23, Bank Street, Bradford.
All rights reserved
| Page. | |
| Preface | 5 |
| Chapter I. Flies. Table I. Table II. Dressings | 7 |
| Chapter II. Fly Fishing. Wet-Fly Fishing. Dry-Fly Fishing | 31 |
| Chapter III. Creeper and Stone Fly Fishing | 62 |
| Chapter IV. Upstream Worm Fishing | 69 |
| Chapter V. Minnow Fishing | 91 |
| Index | 103 |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Frontispiece: The Wharfe near Burnsall | |
| Snipe’s Wing, Inner side | 8 |
| Snipe’s Wing, Outer side | 8 |
| Shades of Silk | 10 |
| Drawings of Natural Flies | 12 |
| Flies with Dressing Materials | 16 et seq. |
| A Typical Stretch | 30 |
| Headwaters of the Aire | 46 |
| Broken Water | 60 |
| The Head of the Dale | 76 |
| A Brook in Spring | 96 |