INTRODUCTORY. 



named body. My opportunities for fishing are 

 abundant enough, but, between law and litera- 

 ture, I haven't the time to avail myself of them. 

 Therefore I read what others write, and I write 

 myself for the sake of others. Yet, as I write of 

 the days when I had the time and used it well, the 

 longing to be off and away once more to river and 

 lake comes with a painful force, and I strive to 

 snatch an hour or two for its gratification. But 

 a fisherman, if he is to be successful should be 

 able to pick his days, and if he cannot do so, the 

 chances are that the days on which he is compelled 

 to fish, if he fishes at all, are unsuitable, and he 

 is unsuccessful. At least that is my experience. 

 Therefore I am again driven back to my books for 

 consolation. Is this not the experience of many ? 



All this is meant to show that a demand has 

 arisen and continues for angling-books, and that 

 there is ample excuse for adding more to their 

 already great number. 



Some years ago there appeared an excellent book, 

 with very beautiful steel engravings, called " The 

 Angler's Souvenir," by "P. Fisher, Esq., assisted by 

 several eminent piscatory characters." The earlier 

 part of the present book consists of a portion of the 

 original Angler's Souvenir. The practical matter of 

 the Souvenir has been omitted, because the practice 

 of angling has materially improved since it was 

 written, and its instructions would be of no value 

 to modern anglers. The descriptive part of it, 



