ANGLING - METHODS AND PRACTICE Angling falls into two main divisions, fishing in fresh water and fishing in the sea. The two branches of the sport have much in common, and sea-angling is really little more than an adaptation of fresh-water methods to salt-water conditions. Therefore it will not be necessary to deal with it at great length and it natu rally comes in the second place. Angling in fresh water is, again, divisible into three principal parts : fishing on the surface, i.e., with the fly ; in mid-water, i.e., with a bait simulating the move ments of a small fish or with the small fish itself ; and on the bottom with worms, paste or one of the many other baits which experience has shown that fish will take. With the premise that it is not intended here to go into the minutiae of instruction which may more profitably be discovered in the many works of reference cited at the end of this article, some account of the subdivisions into which these three styles of fishing fall may be given.