PREFACE. 



As an angler who has spent the most of 

 five-and-twenty seasons by the riverside, 

 my aim is to convey to the reader, in 

 simple language, the outcome of actual 

 experience, in the hope that beginners, 

 and also more experienced anglers, may 

 find some information that will enlighten 

 them to attain better results. 



My aim is to touch upon every legitimate 

 lure, and to give, in the smallest limits, 

 practical information with advice that will 

 enable the novice to proceed without 

 further instruction, and meet with a 

 share of success in angling. 



To those commencing, I can recom- 

 mend angling as one of the most whole- 



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