VI PREFACE. 



account which he has given of it in this book, will he 

 novel to most readers. He has also given a list of 

 flies adapted for sea-fishing, as well as a list of baits 

 for deep-line sea-fishing, for the use of those who may 

 be fond of that amusement. 



The reader will also find an account of salmon- 

 fishing in Connemara ; and drawings of some tackle 

 used in pike-fishing, which has the double advantage 

 of preserving the bait, and of most successfully secur- 

 ing the pike. 



The author is not acquainted with any treatise on 

 fishing that affords information respecting the winter 

 flies. In the winter months he has frequently killed 

 with the fly, grayling of more than three pounds in 

 weight. 



The duns are on the water the whole of the win- 

 ter, but they vary their shades continually. The 

 reader will find a minute description of their different 

 colours in that part of this work which treats of gray- 

 ling-fishing. 



