viii Preface to Third Edition. 



and proprietors of ' The All Round Angler,' by John Bickerdyke, I 

 have purchased duplicates of the following thirteen diagrams of tackle 

 which appear in that work : knot for attaching drop fly by loop, p. 183 ; 

 frog bait in two sizes, p. 230 ; method of whipping on a treble hook, 

 p. 280; knot for hook with metal eye turned down, p. 281; knot for 

 hook with metal eye turned up, p. 281 ; Turle knot, p. 282 ; jam knot 

 in two stages, p. 282 ; knot for worn fly, p. 283 ; knot in three stages 

 for tying a collar, p. 304; knot for tying a loop, p. 304; knot for 

 finishing the splicing of a rod, p. 311. 



The knot and the angles of vision shown at pages 99 and 283, are 

 from memory of the leaves of the Fishing Gazette. 



The eighteen full page plates, and the remaining twenty-six marginal 

 illustrations have been made specially for this work. 



To my critic again " Spare the Rod." 



To the angler generally, and specially to old friends and old readers 

 and helpers, I must be allowed, in conclusion, to cordially wish them 

 once again " the good sport which this book aims at helping them to 

 obtain." 



H. S. THOMAS. 



TIVERTON, DEVON, 



September, 1897. 



