PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



THAT a second edition of my revised version of this work 

 should be required within so short a time from the issue of 

 the former one, is a source of very great pleasure to me, as 

 it shows that anglers have fully appreciated my efforts to 

 modernise the work, and make old Michael's nomenclature 

 intelligible to all. Since the issue of the last edition, rriy 

 friend, Mr. T. E. Pritt, has published a work upon North 

 Country Flies, which has gone still further to draw the 

 attention of southern anglers to our northern system of 

 fishing with small hackled flies instead of depending solely 

 upon the dry fly. I am very pleased to notice that his 

 work has also reached the second edition. 



A great number of anglers have written to me suggest- 

 ing that the plates in this work should be coloured ; and 

 -although I must admit that it would greatly enhance its 

 value, my time has been so fully occupied that I have not 

 been able to see my way clear to carry out their suggestions 

 in this edition ; in a later one, if such should be required, 

 I possibly may endeavour to meet their wishes though of 

 course coloured plates will increase the cost of the book. 

 I may add here that I have not found it necessary to make 

 any material alteration in the text. 



