PREFACE 



angler most * 'wants to know" that this little 

 book deals, we have called it "Streamcraft" a 

 streamside manual. So far as we are aware, 

 some of this information is not elsewhere avail- 

 able, and the whole of it certainly not in this 

 compact, pocket form; and that is why the 

 author and the publishers believe it will prove 

 of value to the numerous brotherhood of Amer- 

 ican fresh-water fishermen. The basis of what 

 appears in the ensuing chapters was presented 

 first in the Forest and Stream magazine. While 

 of necessity comprising data correlated from 

 many sources, these are always authoritative, 

 duly accredited whenever possible, and most all 

 of it is personally known by the writer to have 

 been verified in practise. 



If it be so, that there is no truer benefactor 

 of a nation than he who makes any real contri- 

 bution to the happiness of its people, then if 

 we shall succeed in smoothing the way for the 

 beginner in this most classical, delightful, whole- 

 some, and accessible recreation of which these 

 pages treat, we should be abundantly repaid for 

 our labor; in any event we thus may partially 

 repay our indebtedness, extending through the 

 years, for the generous hospitality and emanat- 

 ing wisdom of all those genial souls encountered 



