Angling: Recollections and Practice

xii, 186 pp. "Here is an outstanding book for the angler, by the author of Streamcraft and The Idyl of the Split-Bamboo. Complete in itself, Angling yet supplements the former volumes, treating of such subjects as fly casting and fly-fishing, salmon and salmon fishing, nymph-fly fishing for trout, pickerel, pike and muskellunge. It includes also a valuable chapter on the home dressing of fly lines-- a subject not discussed in the earlier books. Dr. Holden's particular place as a writer of distinction on fresh water angling has been won by the fortunate combination of literary style, savor of green woods, murmur of crystal waters, and apt anecdote with a fine philosophy of sport and a wealth of lucid detail on matters pertaining to fishing in its finer technical aspects. So, while this volume has its own irresistible appeal for all active fishermen, others will welcome it for its charm of handling and the breath it carries of fragrant pines, limpid streams, and the great, unspoiled outdoors." CONTENTS: Initial Cast; Woods Guides; Initiation into Angling; Bass and Their Vagaries; Pickerel, Pike, and Maskinonge; Trouts and Trouting; History of the Split-Bamboo Rod; Fly Casting and Fly Fishing; Something of Salmon; Fools' Luck--A Salmon Episode; Home Dressing of Fly Lines; Best Angling Knots and Attachments; Angling Acquaintances; Final Cast.