EXPLANATORY. 



The alphabetical headings of the text indicate the stations of transportation com- 

 panies, for instance: On page 48 will be found LENNOX (C. M. & St. P.), and by refer- 

 ring to the "Index of Transportation Companies " on pp. 244-249. the initial letters 

 "C. M. & St. P," will be found to designate the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- 

 way, and that Mr. A. V. H. Carpenter, Milwaukee, Wis., is the General Passenger 

 Agent of said railway, to whom all letters of inquiry as to trains, cost of transporta- 

 tion etc., via his road, should be addressed. Over two hundred transportation 

 companies are designated in this manner. 



If the angler desires to visit, or acquire a knowledge of any particular water, and 

 does not find it among the headings in the text under the state captions, by refer- 

 ring to the "Index to Fishing Waters" on pages 209 to 243, he will see the page in- 

 dicated upon which the name, locality and fishing facilities of the water occur. 



Owing to the large number of correspondents (nearly 18,000) upon whom the 

 editor and compiler has been compelled to rely for much of the information con- 

 tained in the guide book, there, doubtless, occur many errors in the orthography 

 of the waters named herein. These, it has been found impracticable to entirely cor- 

 rect in the first edition, owing to the fact that over 2, 000 of the waters named have 

 no place in the Gazetteers or on accredited maps. Such errors are aptly illustrated 

 by "Ephnores lake " or "Effnor lake"; the first is found on page 136 as adjacent to 

 "Jessups Landing" station on the Adirondack railroad, and the second (Effnor) at 

 Hadley station, page 138, on the same road. These two stations are but five miles 

 apart and Ephnores 1. and Effnor 1. are doubtless one and the same water. When 

 such inconsistencies occur, the angling reader will not be confused, as however va- 

 ried the spelling may be, the pronunciation is not affected. 



Again; in numerous instances the terms lake, pond, stream, creek, run and brook 

 will be found interchangeable, but to prevent confusion we have given, at the risk 

 of repetition, the local nomenclature of the waters. 



To avoid frequent use of the same terms we have employed the following : 



ABBBKVIATIONS B. b., black bass; br., brook; cr. creek; 1., lake; 1. in., large 

 mouth; m., mile; p., pond; p. d., per day; p. w., per week; r., river; s. m., small 

 mouth; str., stream; w., week. 



