viii ADVERTISEMENT. 



r icana of the Salmon Trout taken from Yarrel and of the Lake 



Trout and Pike Pearch, from DeKay's Fauna of the State of New 



York. 



For the fidelity and exc silence of the engraving, I am indebted to 



Messrs. Bobbstt & Edmonds, and Brotherhead, by whom, with one or 

 two trifling exceptions, all the cuts have been executed. 



To the Messrs. Conroy I have to record obligation for preparations 

 of the fine specimens of various Trout, Luke and Salmon Flies, which 

 are engraved in this work ; and I take this opportunity of strongly and 

 cordially recommending them to all my friends and readers, as deci- 

 dedly, in my opinion, the best rod and tackle makers in the United 

 States. 



ANOTHER edition of this work having been already called for, 1 have 

 taken the opportunity carefully to revise it, and correct the unavoida- 

 ble errors, so far as I have discovered them, which must occur in a 

 book treating of a subject so comprehensive as mine. 



A tour through the north-western lakes, during the past summer 

 and autumn, has given me opportunity to observe the habits and cha- 

 racteristics of many fish which previously I had known only by report 

 of others to collect information relative to the mode of taking them 

 and, hence, to verify or correct opinions heretofore expressed. 



A work of this nature must necessarily be more or less compiled, as 

 no man can be expected to have fished in every State of the Union, 

 or to be personally acquainted with the fishes of each and all. To 

 relate personal experiences, where they exist to collect the best au- 

 thorities, where there are authorities; and otherwise to be silent, rather 

 than give character to vulgar rumors I deem the writer's duty. 



This, to tlu 1 ! bast of my ability, I have endeavored to do ; and I can 



