PREFACE 



ever had handled a fly-rod, that he should catch 

 five nice trout to my two little ones and I hav- 

 ing selected his flies? On the third day he as- 

 suredly had arrived, requesting with a grin: "Say, 

 let a fellow have some dry ones;" and thereafter 

 devoted himself to their use. I hear him now, 

 some hundred yards upstream, halloing: "Oh, 

 Uncle George! Uncle George! I've got one! a 

 good one! come quick!" he has no net and I 

 see the bowed vibrating rod and the beaming 

 intent face of him who holds it, as I labor against 

 the current to his assistance. 



Acknowledgment is due to Captain James P. 

 Trotter, M. C., U. S. A. he 's a royal fishing 

 pal and a pretty caster for valuable assistance 

 heartily rendered in the preparation of many of 

 the illustrations. 



YONKERS, N. Y., Spring, 1918. 



