INTRODUCTION. 1 1 



My book may, in some measure, be con- 

 sidered a sequel to Mr. Eonalds's " Flyfisher's 

 Entomology." Most admirably has he fulfilled 

 his intentions, by producing the best work ex- 

 tant on the imitation of the natural fly. But as 

 I consider that much deserving the angler's 

 notice remains untold by INIr. Konalds, the 

 ensuing remarks are intended as a continuation 

 of his book; not an extension of the entomo- 

 logical part, but an addition to the fisherman's 

 means of successfully pursuing his favourite 

 sport. Mr. Ronalds has confined himself 

 wholly to nature. The angler, though generally 

 an enthusiastic admirer of nature, yet uses — 

 and with the greatest success, too — many flies 

 (so called) and other devices wherewith nature 

 has nothing whatever to do. These anomalies 

 are, however, found to beguile the tenants of the 

 stream when the charms of nature fail, — a sort 

 of Cayenne to a jaded appetite ; or, perhaps, 

 the fish are endowed with a kind of human-like 

 craving after novelty. It is a well-known fact, 

 which may be observed by carefully watching 

 Trout through the crevices of any wooden 



