CHAPTER I. OF THE BEGINNING OF THINGS 1

OF THE INQUIRING MIND 1

II. SUBAQUEOUS HAPPENINGS IN NATURE 8 OF THE DROWNING OF DUNS AND OTHER INSECTS 8 OF THE STAGES IN A RISE OF DUNS 9

III. SUBAQUEOUS HAPPENINGS IN ART 14 OF MEDICINE FOR BULGERS 14 OF UNDER-WATER TAKING, ITS INDICATIONS, AND THE TIME TO STRIKE 17 OF ROUGH WATER AND GREY-BROWN SHADOW 20

IV. SUPPLEMENTARY IN THE MATTER OF FLIES 24 OF WET-FLY DRESSINGS FOR CHALK STREAMS 24 OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOUR OF TYING SILK 29 OF THE IMITATION OF NYMPHS, ETC. 30

V. SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND WET-FLY SOLUTIONS 36 NERVES 36 OF THE TROUT OF GLASSY GLIDES 38 OF THE WET FLY IN POOLS, BAYS, AND EDDIES 41 OF THE JUDICIOUS USE OF THE MOON 44 OF THE WET-FLY OIL TIP 45 OF GENERALSHIP AND THE WET FLY 47 A POTTED TROUT, AND ONE OTHER 49 OF TWO SATURDAY AFTERNOONS 54

VI. UNCLASSIFIED 57 OF HOVERING 57 OF THE PORPOISE ROLL 59

VII. SUNDRY CONSIDERATIONS 60 OF THE RELATION OF PATTERN TO POSITION 60 OF THE USE OF SPINNERS 63 OF GENERAL FEEDERS 67 ON ATTENTION TO CASUAL FEEDERS 70 OF THE FREQUENTATION OF DITCHES 73 OF THE NEGOTIATION OF TAILERS 76 OF THE FASCINATION OF BRIDGES 78

VIII. MAINLY TACTICAL 81 OF THE DELIBERATE DRAG 81 IN THE GLASS EDGE 84 OF THE CROSS-COUNTRY CAST 87 WHAT TUSSOCKS ARE FOR 89 OF THE ALLEGED MARCH BROWN 91 OF GENERAL FLIES 92

IX. CONSIDERATIONS MORAL, TACTICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND INCIDENTAL 95 OF FAITH 95 OF THE BANK OF VANTAGE 98 OF COURAGE AND THE JEOPARDIZING OF TUPPENCE HA’PENNY 103 OF IMPOSSIBLE PLACES 105 OF THE USE OF THE LANDING-NET 109 OF THE WEEDING TROUT 115 INCIDENTALLY OF THE LIGHT ROD ON CHALK STREAMS 117 AND OF WET-FLY CASTING 120

X. FRANKLY IRRELEVANT 122 A DRY FLY MEMORY 122

XI. ETHICS OF THE WET FLY 126

XII. APOLOGIA 131

MINOR TACTICS OF THE CHALK STREAM, AND KINDRED STUDIES