INTRODUCTION. 



NOT before you anglers who have grown gray in 

 the use of the rod do I presume to display my feeble 

 light. It is to the beginner that I address myself, re- 

 membering^ during my own novitiate, tvith what long- 

 ing I sought, and how gratefully I would have received, 

 the information contained in this book. 



HENRY P. WELLS. 



