TREATISE 



FLY-FISHING, 



I AM induced to offer the following pages to the 

 youthful aspirant after piscatory fame, from the 

 belief, that the various treatises, which have 

 appeared from time to time on Fly-Fishing, do 

 not contain those minute details, which are so 

 essential to the ready acquirement of the art, and 

 which are generally learnt by slow degrees ; 

 either from some experienced angler, or by the 



accidental discovery of the noviciate. 



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