' " Every angler has his own peculiar notion in regard to the 

 best fly ; and the difficulty of presenting a perfect catalogue will 

 be very apparent, when it is considered that the name of the fly 

 of one writer bears a different name and description from that of 

 another, and it is more than probable that the name and descrip- 

 tion of some of the flies in my list may not be in accordance with 

 the views and opinions of many old and experienced anglers." 

 k Forester." 



t( After staying in a village parlor till the family had all retired, 

 I have returned to the woods, and partly with a view to the next 

 day's dinner, spent the hours of midnight fishing from a boat by 

 moonlight, serenaded by owls and foxes, and hearing, from time 

 to time, the croaking note of some unknown bird close at hand." 

 Henry D. Thoreau. 



7. Ferguson. 8. Abbey. 



9. Royal Coachman. 10. Seth Green. 



n. Professor. 12. Montreal. 



" He sat down on a lump of granite, and took out his fly-book. 

 It is a sport, he added, as he was selecting the flies, that there is 

 less to be said against than shooting, I imagine. I don't like the 

 idea of shooting birds, especially after I have missed one or two. 

 Birds are such harmless creatures. But the fish is different the 

 fish is making a murderous snap at an innocent fly, when a little 

 bit of steel catches him in. the very act. It serves him right, from 

 the moral point of view." William Slack. 



" There is much diversity of opinion about the manner of fish- 

 ing, whether up or down the stream ; the great majority of ang- 

 lers, both in Europe and this country, favor the latter method, 

 and very few the former." John J. Brown. 



" ' Beautiful ! ' Well you may say so, for what is more beauti- 

 ful than a well-developed pound trout ? "Charles W. Stevens. 



