Part I: What I saw and heard while pollack, salmon and trout fishing in Ireland.

1. The Wild Moor and the Home Meadows—Youthful Tramps and Dreams—“Parson Jack" 3

2. Euston to Killybegs—A Quaint Fellow-Passenger—Donegal Town—The Maid’s Motto 10

3. The Oily River—A Sunday Morning’s Ramble—A Storm—Worm Fishing 17

4. Killybegs Fair—The Enniskillen Shopkeeper—The Retired Colonel 24

5. Carrick—Pollack Fishing and Pollack Tackle 32

6. A Grand Day amongst the Pollack—Bad Beginnings—“The
Divils and the Gear”—Paddy and Billy 39

7. A Day with the Teelin Schoolmaster—"Pollack Crescent”—
Salmon Fishing in the Atlantic 46

8. Glencolumbkille—The Jaunting-car-A Learned Irish Pilgrim 53

9. The Glen River and its Pools—Salmon’s Food 61

10. The Owonea and Owentocker—My Gillie Pat-Fair Day at Ardara 69

11. Carlin’s Cabin and his B o a ts-Irish Superstitions—An After-dinner Chat about Gillies—The Fairies’ Castle 76

12. A Real Irish Gentleman and his Lady—M r. Timothy Sarly at Home—An Exchange of Pig for Caps 84

13. Poaching in Ireland—Maum Mountain—Port Noo—British Sea Anglers’ Society 91

14. Birds’-nesting—A Country Superstition—Burton Port 99
15. Pollacking at Burton Port—Rough Island—A Regatta and its Horse-Race 107

16. Horn Head—Art and Luck—Chadding and Squidding 115

17. My Irish Relative—The Superior Tourist—The Costs of Fishing 128



Part II: Spring salmon fishing in Scotland

1. Spinning in the Lyon—Pools that can be Fished from Kenmore—Stoning a Sulky Fish 133

2. A Grand Scotch Sportsman—My Method of Casting—The Tackle I use 140

3. Fishing from Fortingall—A Seal-bitten Salmon—Rocky Pool—Lime-kiln Pool 146

4. Garth Pool—Plantation Pool—Anderson’s Ferry Pool—Peter’s Pool—Fanny’s Pool— Broom Pool 152

5. Yellowstone Pool—Cairn Pool—Little-Ladder Pool—Long-Ladder Pool—The Falls 158

6. The Falls Pool—When are Pools in Ply ?—Elm-Tree Pool—My Gillie Macleish 165

7. The Pulpit Pool Watching the Salmon—Tempting Shy Fish 172

8. Iron-well Pool—Sulking Pool—Aukmore Pool—The Weaver’s Pool 178

9. Loch Ness: Free Salmon Fishing—A Grand Trout—Harling An Upset 186



Part III: Fishing in the Home Countries

1. Memories of Happy Days on Many Rivers—Queer Incidents 199

2. The Barbel and how to Bait for him—The Best Friend Thames Fish even had—The Bream—Gudgeon Parties 206

3. Perch Fishing—The Roach—Beaten by a Miller’s Boy —The Lea Roach Fisher 213

4. The Old River or Fleet — How to Fish the Weir—Thames Trouting—The Chub—Colnbrook Churchyard 221

5. Poaching—A Meeting with a Poacher Jack Fishing—Old Mortimer Dace Fishing 230