A BOOK OF FISHING STORIES 



of us who are so fortunate as to look back on happy memories 

 of both Florida tarpon and the more varied big game of Cali- 

 fornian bays, would find it hard to say which were the more 

 enjoyable. True, the tarpon is always in evidence throughout 

 the summer months, differing in this respect from the tuna, 

 which, in California at any rate, is in some years conspicuous 

 by its absence. Yet swordfish, yellowtail, sea bass and other 

 game offer such prodigal compensation for the absentee on 

 the Pacific side as to send no sportsman home disgusted, 

 even after ten thousand miles of travel. 



A word should, perhaps, be said on the subject of the illus- 

 trations. The colour photographs of the fish, the work of a 

 member of the firm, were all taken direct from newly caught 

 specimens, and for assistance with the tackle used in the 

 photographs the editor is indebted to Messrs. Farlow. The 

 trout came from Dulverton and were contributed by Mr. Tracy. 

 The bass was caught in the River Teign. For the material 

 used in the group of coarse fish, the book has to thank Mr. A. J. 

 Combridge. Nearly all of the remaining illustrations were 

 supplied by the contributors themselves, who selected them 

 with due regard to their several requirements, while a very 

 few — one or two of which the book owes to the courtesy of 

 Sir Benjamin Simpson, K.C.I.E., Mr. Julian Dimock, Miss 

 Esther Archer and Mr. A. R. Matthews — have been added 

 where they seemed to fill a gap. 



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