PREFACE 



tion of photographs used in this book; to James 

 Keeley, fisherman, sportsman and editor for his loy- 

 alty to the sport of fishing and his mental storehouse 

 of fishing lore from which I have drawn many facts 

 as fishing editor of the Chicago Herald and for 

 writing the Introduction of this book; to Jack Lait 

 not a fisherman but a writer of human interest stories 

 with a kick in every line and thoughts between the 

 lines, for writing the Foreword of this book; to 

 W. W. Stehle, " Buck " to his many out-door pals, 

 fisherman, hunter and soldier, to whom these chap- 

 ters were originally written as a series of letters on 

 fishing and who preserved and returned them to the 

 writer for revision and use in this book. 



If this book makes the sport of fishing more en- 

 joyable and quest of the game fins more successful 

 for the reader, then it will have accomplished the 

 end for which it was written. 



If it makes of the uninitiated, a lover of the great 

 out-doors and a follower of natures water trails 

 and takes him out where he can get a close-up of 

 old Mother Nature, then its writing will be doubly 

 blessed. 



"Timberedge Lodge," (Carroll Elaine Cook) 



McNaughton, Wis. 

 October, 1916. 



