PREFACE. 



to the first, but the concluding words of the 

 Preface to the nintli edition (Piscator's) are 

 too much to the point to be omitted. " To 

 use the words of Mr. Bainbridge, to whom 

 fly-fishing is so deeply indebted : ' It is a 

 fact worthy of notice that although many 

 persons have quitted other sports for the 

 amusement oi fly-fishing, yet memory does 

 not furnish a single instance of a fly-fisher 

 deserting his occupation, and transferring 

 his preference to any other of the list of 

 rural sports.' " 



J. C. Carter. 



Temple : JamiarTj 1901. 



