AUTHOR'S PREFACE 



MOST anglers meet with fair success when the waters 

 are dark coloured ; but when the waters are clear 

 they find poor sport. This is mainly due to an 

 erroneous system of fishing, which angling works 

 already published have done little to remove, and 

 which, though its effects were not so observable fifty 

 years ago, when drainage was less extensively in 

 operation, and when the streams continued large and 

 discoloured for some time, is not at all adapted for 

 the small clear waters of the present day. It is with 

 the view of showing how almost, if not quite, as 

 good sport may be had in clear water as in coloured, 

 that we have undertaken to add another to the 

 numerous volumes already existing upon this very 

 popular amusement. It is almost unnecessary to 

 add, that as it is more difficult to deceive trout in 

 clear water than in coloured, the method of angling 

 which succeeds best in the one case will also succeed 

 best in the other. 



