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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Chats on Angling - -Author: H. V. Hart-Davis - -Illustrator: H. V. Hart-Davis - -Release Date: October 3, 2013 [EBook #43874] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHATS ON ANGLING *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43874 ***</div> <div class="figcenter" style="width: 601px;"> <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="601" height="800" alt="Cover" /> @@ -587,7 +547,7 @@ differs radically from that of the angler with the floating fly.</div> <p>From the latter are required in a special degree a quick and accurate eye, great delicacy and accuracy in the actual cast, and above all, a quiet, watchful disposition; he cannot whip the water on the chance of -catching an unseen trout. His <i>rôle</i> is to scan the water, to watch the +catching an unseen trout. His <i>rôle</i> is to scan the water, to watch the duns and ascertain their identity, to spot at once the dimple of a rising fish, and to differentiate between such a rise and the swirl made by a tailing fish. He will note the flow of the stream, and whether he will @@ -1022,7 +982,7 @@ avoid walking near the bank edge and unnecessarily scaring fish that others following you might otherwise have secured.</p> <p>When trout are "bulging" (that is to say, as every angler knows, -when they are taking the "nymphæ" just below the surface), it is almost +when they are taking the "nymphæ" just below the surface), it is almost hopeless to endeavour to secure them with a dry, floating fly. The fish are intent on another kind of game, and are best left severely alone.</p> @@ -1081,7 +1041,7 @@ slowly and methodically, letting many flies pass scatheless, but now and then picking out one without moving an inch from their position. I tried vainly to discover the method of their madness, and at last realised that they were selecting from amongst the myriads of toothsome -<i>ephemeridæ</i> floating over their heads a redder-looking fly. I could not +<i>ephemeridæ</i> floating over their heads a redder-looking fly. I could not wade, I could not manage to get one with my landing net, so I put on at hazard a small red quill, with no response; then a Hawker's yellow got a rise or two, and even deluded a brace of fish into my @@ -1145,7 +1105,7 @@ produced a more confident rise, and my experience would not lead me to endorse Mr. Halford's view that the use of a 000 hook handicaps the angler very heavily. It may do so with the heavy Houghton water fish, but I have not found it a severe handicap with the smaller -trout—1 lb. to 2½ lb.—of the upper Test and similar waters.</p> +trout—1 lb. to 2½ lb.—of the upper Test and similar waters.</p> <p>A very keen and expert dry fly fisherman, the late Mr. Harry Maxwell, one of the best of friends and anglers, once showed me a @@ -1155,7 +1115,7 @@ I was fishing in Hurstbourne Park, and he was accompanying me, as he often did, with his field-glass. Below the "cascade" a four or five-stranded barbed wire fence went straight across the water. Just above it, in mid-stream, in the stickle, a plump, transparent-looking Test -fish of about 1½ lb. had taken up his position, and was boldly taking +fish of about 1½ lb. had taken up his position, and was boldly taking every dun within reach. My friend told me to catch him, and I said at once I did not know how to do it without getting hung up. He then explained his dodge, which may be carried out as follows:—Having @@ -1433,7 +1393,7 @@ through some exhaustive inquiry into the subject.</p> <div class="drop-capi2">THE May fly is up! Every year, about the first week in June, telegrams to this effect are hurriedly despatched to those favoured few who own or rent water where -this member of the <i>ephemeridæ</i> disports himself. It +this member of the <i>ephemeridæ</i> disports himself. It used to be called the May fly Carnival. There are, however, grave disadvantages in connection with our friend that greatly discount the apparent advantages. @@ -1513,7 +1473,7 @@ drake tribe float and flutter about in the air, make love and pair, then the female deposits her eggs on the water, and at last both fall on the river with outspread wings, forming what we call the spent gnat.</p> -<p>The trout take heavy toll of the nymphæ rising upwards before they +<p>The trout take heavy toll of the nymphæ rising upwards before they reach the water surface, and will not then look at a floating imitation; and when the act of reproduction is completed they feed greedily upon the empty shucks and the spent gnats. Altogether, our friend the May fly @@ -1541,7 +1501,7 @@ who would not look at a dun for weeks after the May fly period, we were treated to an even rise at the small fly throughout all the angling months. But two seasons before we had noticed, to our surprise, the advent of a few May flies. I recollect impaling one upon a hook and -drifting it down cunningly over a good 2½ lb. fish who had taken up +drifting it down cunningly over a good 2½ lb. fish who had taken up his position under a thorn bush on my side of the river, and the scared bolt he made when it got to him and he had had a good look at it was a thing to remember. And, in fact, the few May flies which that year floated @@ -1552,7 +1512,7 @@ third year we arrived at the right time for the hatch, then a very local one on our stream; but in that particular part of the river there was a rise of May fly to satisfy the most gluttonous of those who love that form of angling. But the curious thing was the way in which the fish treated the -fly. Every now and again the ½ lb. and ¾ lb. fish would take them boldly, +fly. Every now and again the ½ lb. and ¾ lb. fish would take them boldly, and here and there a fish of that size would settle down to a regular feed, taking all within reach; but the heavier fish seemed to be thoroughly disinclined to take them. The bolder young ones now and again paid the @@ -1562,7 +1522,7 @@ were not sizeable. I do not pretend to any great experience of May fly fishing, though I have been a devoted dry-fly angler for many years; but I do not remember to have seen fish act so capriciously in my previous experiences. The birds, however—the warblers, chaffinches, &c.—were -quite equal to the occasion, and took heavy toll of the <i>ephemeridæ</i>. +quite equal to the occasion, and took heavy toll of the <i>ephemeridæ</i>. I particularly noticed what I never remember to have seen before, <i>i.e.</i>, a cock blackbird darting out of the bushes at intervals to secure a fluttering <i>Ephemera Danica</i>, and returning to his shelter to pick the luscious morsel @@ -1580,7 +1540,7 @@ than a dozen fish, all of which rose short, and turning over and getting a short run out of a three-pounder which had permanently taken up his position above a bridge by a garden-side under some sedges in a difficult position—rendered more difficult by the violence of the wind—I had -to content myself with a poor brace of 1¼ pounders, going home feeling +to content myself with a poor brace of 1¼ pounders, going home feeling regretfully that I had done that day a good deal in the way of educating fish!</p> @@ -1738,7 +1698,7 @@ over that time; he is fat and in lusty condition, and has no intention of surrendering his life without a good struggle. Don't show him the net; that last run must have settled him; he flops on the surface; he is gently led into the mouth of the net, and is yours. Not so big as you fancied, -by any means; might be 1½ lb.; you put him down as well over 2 lb. +by any means; might be 1½ lb.; you put him down as well over 2 lb. He is well hooked, and after taking the fly from his mouth you grip him well and give his head a good hard tap against the handle of your landing net; in so doing he slips from your grasp and nearly flops into @@ -1893,7 +1853,7 @@ up for luncheon, and the fish, now absolutely beaten, was successfully netted out. I found that in his mad rushes and gyrations he had managed to get two full turns of the gut round his gills. This no doubt accounted for his coming to bank so speedily. He weighed just over -3¼ lb.—no great monster after all, you may ejaculate, but he was about the +3¼ lb.—no great monster after all, you may ejaculate, but he was about the most perfect specimen of a trout I have ever seen, and was in the pink of condition. He now graces my study in a glass case, the only specimen of a fish that I have ever set up. But there was some justification for this @@ -2193,7 +2153,7 @@ In my box I found a small Coch-y-bondhu, which had a red tag and a peacock herl body. My scissors soon removed the red tag, and then I fancied it might do as a coarse representation of the Simon Pure. Having tied it on, I cast it dry at the ring of the next rise. It was -instantly taken, and a plump ¾ lb. Loch Leven trout was soon in the +instantly taken, and a plump ¾ lb. Loch Leven trout was soon in the net. And so it went on; a cast here or there at the rises amidst the rushes, and in a short hour and a quarter seven good trout had paid the penalty. We then rowed home for luncheon, and, on inquiry, I @@ -2485,7 +2445,7 @@ bank. "Disraeli" was for some time our master; he knew a trick or two, and was by no means easily beguiled, though often pricked and once lightly hooked. Even his caution was at length overcome, and hardly an evening passed but that one or more of these, relatively -speaking, monsters of some 2½ to 5 lb. in weight was landed.</p> +speaking, monsters of some 2½ to 5 lb. in weight was landed.</p> <p>"Lord Salisbury," however, proved to be a very difficult nut to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span> crack, and beyond our powers of persuasion. He would solemnly inspect @@ -2699,7 +2659,7 @@ with the best results. A more sporting or gamer fish does not exist. He rises most freely to the fly—up to a certain weight—and, when hooked, plays as gamely as any sea trout. He grows with astonishing rapidity. In our local waters, two-year-old fish, 8 in. long in February, -have grown to ¾ lb. fish and even to pounders in September. There +have grown to ¾ lb. fish and even to pounders in September. There is therefore no excuse for leaving our ponds untenanted by these gamesome fish. Moreover, their edible qualities are quite first-rate; they are shapely, beautiful in colouring, and thrive in any kind of water. @@ -2731,7 +2691,7 @@ herein lies a field for investigation and careful watching. It is held in many quarters that rainbows do not breed in Great Britain. My experience hardly tallies with this belief. On our waters in Lancashire, where we had no gravel beds suitable for the deposit of ova, I found -late last year several hen fish, of from 1½ lb. to 2 lb. in weight, dead +late last year several hen fish, of from 1½ lb. to 2 lb. in weight, dead in the water; they were full of ripe ova, and had undoubtedly died through being egg-bound. I then made some spawning redds suitable for the deposit and fertilisation of the ova, and it has been highly @@ -2785,7 +2745,7 @@ should be turned in each November for restocking, a few being added for contingencies.</p> <p>As I have already stated, when rainbows grow into really big fish—say -over 2½ lb.—they appear, in our British waters, to develop lazy, +over 2½ lb.—they appear, in our British waters, to develop lazy, bottom-feeding proclivities. It will be necessary, therefore, or at any rate advisable, to take these fish out by using a bright salmon fly, fished deep, or a minnow, fished as deep as the water will admit. @@ -2861,7 +2821,7 @@ and except where some few Highland lairds and noblemen retain their ancient rights in their own hands, and dispense their hospitality amongst their friends as of yore. As for the golden eagle, few would attempt, or even wish, to shoot so noble a bird. The ordinary -forest fine of £500 is a sufficient deterrent, if, indeed, any is necessary. +forest fine of £500 is a sufficient deterrent, if, indeed, any is necessary. Every effort is now being made, and should be made, to keep the (now, alas! scarce) king of the birds amongst us.</div> @@ -2947,7 +2907,7 @@ time, triplicating thereby the risk of losing him.</p> <p>It is not possible to lay down on paper any regulations for playing fish beyond what may be termed the "A B C" of the game. You should never allow your rod point to be dragged down below an angle -of 45° with the vertical, or a smash of your casting line will be risked. +of 45° with the vertical, or a smash of your casting line will be risked. On the other hand, if the rod be kept too vertical an unfair tax is placed upon the strength of your middle joint. Another cardinal point, as every angler knows, is that you should never allow more line off @@ -3034,11 +2994,11 @@ their way into and up the Don. The pools were so perfect in shape<span class="pa that no gillie was needed to point me out the best rising-places; they spoke for themselves and told their own tale.</p> -<p>My first evening produced two clean-run fish of 16½ lb. and 8 lb., +<p>My first evening produced two clean-run fish of 16½ lb. and 8 lb., and my host, when he saw them later, began to think that, after all, there might be something in angling. The second evening the river was up and unfishable, but by the third evening it had fined down -into order, and I got a beauty of 20 lb. and a small salmon of 7½ lb. +into order, and I got a beauty of 20 lb. and a small salmon of 7½ lb. The glowing accounts I gave of the play of these fish at length excited my host, and, even at the cost of his rubber of bridge, the next evening saw him by my side, carefully fishing a leg of mutton pool near the @@ -3354,7 +3314,7 @@ our salmon harvest in the rivers as well as the sea.</p> <div class="drop-capi2">SOME years ago, when Ireland was greatly disturbed—it was the year after Lord Leitrim's assassination—a party of three, of which I formed one, decided to fish the Clady, -in Co. Donegal. We went <i>viâ</i> Belfast and Letterkenny, +in Co. Donegal. We went <i>viâ</i> Belfast and Letterkenny, bound for Gweedore. We had received many warnings against our projected trip, and were told that the "Boys" would not allow us to cross the mountains in our outside @@ -3529,9 +3489,9 @@ should I do that, Pat? Are you not content with your tip?" "Well, your honour, I don't want ye to pay altogither for it, but only to buy it for me." After some further conversation I consented to go up to the shanty on the hill where his old mother lived. There I found her -haggling over the price of a sow; she averred that £3 was more than -the sow was worth, the man was holding out for £3 10<i>s.</i> Eventually -I became the purchaser at £3, and, paying the money, told Pat that +haggling over the price of a sow; she averred that £3 was more than +the sow was worth, the man was holding out for £3 10<i>s.</i> Eventually +I became the purchaser at £3, and, paying the money, told Pat that as he had been a good gillie to me he could have the pig for his own. All the blessings of heaven were showered on my head by Pat and his mother; but no sooner had the dealer departed than Pat, producing @@ -3701,7 +3661,7 @@ is a shade unorthodox? The size of the fly, no doubt, is a most<span class="page important factor, both as regards the size and volume of the river and the time of the year. It would be the height of absurdity to use in fine run water in the summer a three inch fly that would be a suitable -lure on the brawling Thurso in the spring, and <i>vice versâ</i>. The finer +lure on the brawling Thurso in the spring, and <i>vice versâ</i>. The finer the water the smaller the fly—within reason.</p> <p>So far, I think, we are all agreed. It is when we attempt to @@ -3834,7 +3794,7 @@ the same <i>embouchure</i>. It was in Donegal, where the Crolly and the Clady unite at Dum Drum. In this case also one lot of fish are poor in shape, whilst the others are of totally different calibre. And, moreover, in that case the fish never seem to lose their way. Seldom is a Crolly -fish found in the Clady, or <i>vice versâ</i>. How accurate are the instincts +fish found in the Clady, or <i>vice versâ</i>. How accurate are the instincts of nature!</p> <p>The lower reaches of the river Awe are very varied and very @@ -3976,7 +3936,7 @@ till then of taking my gaff off my back; luckily it came off my shoulders quite freely, and the steel went home. As I hauled him out with some difficulty, the hook, which had worn a big hole, came out of his jaw; so my luck continued to the last. I could not make him scale 30 lb.; -he was a good 29½ lb., and, inasmuch as I had never landed a fish of +he was a good 29½ lb., and, inasmuch as I had never landed a fish of 30 lb. or upwards, that part was somewhat aggravating. But, as I toiled home that evening over the three miles of sleepers and rails to the inn with the three fish weighing just about half-a-hundredweight, @@ -4129,7 +4089,7 @@ your stroke, the fish makes one more roll and surge and is free. A wild scrape with the gaff only scores a scale or two from his side, and, slowly gliding out of sight into the deep water, he disappears for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a></span> ever. You feel that you have only yourself to thank for such a -<i>dénouement</i>, but that is scant consolation.</p> +<i>dénouement</i>, but that is scant consolation.</p> <p>Damp and annoyed, you sit yourself down by the river side to @@ -4302,10 +4262,10 @@ falling only too copiously down South, whilst the normally wet North-West coast of Scotland was languishing for want of it.</p> <p>A dear fishing friend of mine took a rod for February one year, -and lived at Brawl Castle for the month at the rate of about £1 per +and lived at Brawl Castle for the month at the rate of about £1 per day. During the whole month the river and even Loch More were ice-bound, and his rods reposed in the box. The trip must have cost -him the best part of £100. So our Spean experience was as nothing +him the best part of £100. So our Spean experience was as nothing to his.</p> <p>And these disappointments make an admirable foil for those happy, @@ -4482,7 +4442,7 @@ of the fish was more than I could manage. So my friend the keeper, deploring the irreparable damage that must have been done to my rod, waded in, thigh deep, and drove the steel into about as ugly and as red an old cock fish as I have ever seen. His under jaw was crooked, -and he looked like an evil monster. He weighed just 17½ lb. As soon +and he looked like an evil monster. He weighed just 17½ lb. As soon as the strain was off my Walbran rod it sprang up as straight and as limber as ever, to the great astonishment of the keeper, who had, oddly enough, never come across a rod of that description. Burying our red @@ -4663,7 +4623,7 @@ by the author's drawings, which for the most part have considerable artistic merit. The articles justify republication, being pleasantly written and full of sound advice.... The volume is attractively got up, and should -please many besides deerstalkers."—<i>Athenæum.</i></p> +please many besides deerstalkers."—<i>Athenæum.</i></p> <p>"Capt. Hart-Davis has now published in book form his very interesting series of 'Stalking Sketches' which @@ -4702,382 +4662,6 @@ smiling rubicund)</p> <p>Page 63, "circumstanses" changed to "circumstances" (upon several circumstances)</p></div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Chats on Angling, by H. V. 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