vi. PREFACE 



appealed to me most, and I have ventured to 

 write this little brochure for sheer love of them, 

 and because their claims to any special notice 

 have apparently been disregarded by Trout 

 fishermen. For I know of no work dealing with 

 brook-angling per se. That the subject is worthy 

 of better treatment than I can give it, recurring 

 seasons have amply proved to me. Therefore, 

 remembering that qu'excuse, s'accuse, I apologise 

 no more. On the contrary, I shall boldly say 

 that this is a good book, a book to be read, and 

 one that deserves a place on every angler's shelf, 

 a book which should fulfil its mission in leading 

 many a doubting fisherman to the banks of these 

 delightful little streams whose Trout are often so 

 much bigger than is generally known, and whose 

 variety and charm are undeniable. 



I have to express my thanks to the Editors of 

 The Shooting Times and The Bazaar, Exchange 

 and Mart for their permission to use extracts 

 from papers which I originally wrote for those 

 journals, in this work. 



