PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 



IT had been my intention to issue the second edition 

 of this book in its original form, and to write a new 

 work entitled "The Science of Salmon Fishing"; but 

 finding that the " Science of Dry Fly Fishing" could 

 with great advantage be revised, and that this revision 

 would make it practically a new work, I determined, 

 on the advice of a literary friend, to rewrite the whole 

 of the trout fishing section, and to add to it the 

 subject-matter which I had proposed to form into a 

 new book. 



This consists, in the first place, in the life-history of 

 the salmon, from the time it is deposited as ova by 

 the parent fish in the redd until it attains its full- 

 grown state. I have ventured, when dealing with this 

 interesting matter, to introduce some original theories 

 as regards those questions which are still a subject 

 of controversy. 



In the second place, I have dealt with the different 

 methods of casting, and by plates and diagrams have 

 endeavoured to show the various casts for presenting 

 the lure to the salmon, and explained the methods to 

 be adopted when actually fishing. 



In the third place, I have dealt with the preservation 

 and conservation of the fish in British waters, treating 



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