WALTON TO THE READER. 



are in Wales, and other countries, peculiar flies, proper to 

 the particular place or country; and doubtless, unless a 

 man makes a fly to counterfeit that very fly in that place, 

 he is like to lose his labour, or much of it : but for the 

 generality, three or four flies neat and rightly made, and 

 not too big, serve for a Trout in most rivers all the sum- 

 mer. And for winter fly-fishing, it is as useful as an 

 almanack out of date. And of these, because as no man 

 is bom an artist, so no man is born an Angler, I thought 

 fit to give thee this notice. 



When I have told the Reader, that in this fifth im- 

 pression there are many enlargements, gathered both by 

 my own observations and the communication with friends, 

 I shall stay him no longer than to wish him a rainy even- 

 ing to read this following Discourse; and that, if he be an 

 honest Angler, the East-wind may never blow when he 

 goes a-Fishing. 



I. W. 



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