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INTRODUCTORY 



PART ONE 



The author of Part One of this book was born and 

 reared among the hills of Old Kentucky, and has always 

 been a close student of nature a lover of the outdoors, 

 and, above all, an ardent angler a true disciple of "Ike" 

 Walton. 



Thomas Hubert Hutton was born in the year 1892 at 

 the country town of Berry, County of Harrison, State of 

 Kentucky, where he still resides. 



He has written for the leading outdoor magazines for 

 many years, having penned over 500 magazine articles on 

 various subjects, both of angling and hunting. 



For several years he was associated with the Blue 

 Grass Farm Kennels, of which Mr. Stanley Blake, author 

 of Part Two of this book, is Manager, and enjoyed always 

 the, most pleasant relations with that gentleman. Mr. 

 Hutton, at the time this book was published, held the pos> 

 tion of Postmaster, at the town wherein he is a resident. 



While his principal recreative sport is angling for the 

 battling black bass, he also finds time occasionally to ac- 

 company his friends on a hunt. 



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