10 TREATISE ON FLY-FISHING. 



amusement, which under more favorable auspices, 

 they might have obtained in these counties. Not 

 that our fish generally run so large, as in some 

 parts of the kingdom they are however very 

 strong, and one of a half pound, will afford better 

 sport, than one of double the weight in some of 

 the more popular streams. 



Let not the reader flatter himself, that the 

 closest attention to the suggestions I shall shortly 

 offer ; nay, that all the information contained in 

 the numerous books, which have been written 

 upon this interesting subject; will, at once, 

 enable him to supply the larder or gratify a 

 friend ; they are only facilities to the acquirement 

 of the science ; practice and patience, are required 

 in large proportion to form the expert fisherman. 

 The days, the weeks, which he must devote to 

 the attainment of his wishes, will not however 

 be unprofitably passed, if he avail himself of the 

 numerous opportunities which will offer for the 

 study of those works of nature, with which his 



