98 TREATISE ON FLY-FISHING. 



the fishmonger, of Bond street, it weighed eighty- 

 three pounds. It is not recorded how the last 

 four were captured, but I conclude those men- 

 tioned by Walton, and Pennant, were also taken 

 with the fly. 



Page ninety-eight warns me, that my observa- 

 tions have exceeded the limit I originally assigned 

 them ; I trust however they have not been written 

 in vain, but that the hints on fly-fishing, will 

 enable the uninitiated to commence the sport, 

 fortified with some practical information, and 

 that his prospect of success will be more 

 cheering than if he had depended on the assur- 

 ance so readily given by the vendor of tackle 

 that his flies are certain killers, and his rods 

 perfection. 



I have written for the purpose of aiding the 

 young in the acquirement of an art, which if 

 pursued under proper restrictions, will be found 

 conducive to the health of the body and improve- 

 ment of the mind. 



