PREFACE. Vll 



In fishing for grayling, the author has always 

 used a fly larger than nature, as the mouth of the 

 grayling is so extremely delicate, that with a very 

 small hook these fish are almost sure to break their 

 hold. But although a large fly may he used, the 

 utmost attention must he paid to its exact shades, and 

 the character of the wings,* whether they lie horizon- 

 tally on the back, or are set up perpendicularly. The 

 fineness of the casting-line and the colour of the gutf 

 must also be particularly attended to. 



The author has given figures of some sea-flies, 

 from which the reader can easily make his own. 



This work is dedicated to all true Fly-fishermen ; 

 -that is, to all those who fish for salmon, trout, 

 and grayling, as every gentleman ought to do, with 

 the artificial fly only. The author looks with horror 

 on those gentlemen who, professing to be fishermen, 

 will coolly avow, that so that they can take fish, they 

 care not how it may be accomplished whether with 

 the "cross line," or that other equally destructive 



* See Appendix, F, G. f See Appendix, R. 



