PREFACE. 



WHERE can I get comfortable quarters, pleasant scenery, and a 

 little fishing ? Where can I get a week or two's salmon fishing ? 

 Where shall we go for a day's fishing ? are questions which the 

 compiler of the accompanying list has been asked, and has heard 

 asked, very many times, without their being always satisfactorily 

 answered. If the tourist or angler desires such information, 

 he will find the fullest and best possible to be obtained in the 

 accompanying pages. 



The introductory list of Scotch rivers is furnished by Andrew 

 Young, Esq., whose name is too well and too fully known in 

 connection with salmon fishing, to require any comment here. 

 The information on the rivers of the Midland Counties, about 

 Nottingham and Derby, is furnished by W. Baily, of Nottingham, 

 author of " The Angler's Instructor," and may be relied on as com- 

 ing from a thoroughly practical angler. The Irish and Welsh depart- 

 ment are from the pen of the Field Commissioner, who visited 

 most of the localities treated of. The list of the Brittany 

 fishings, so useful and necessary to Englishmen wishing to try the 

 waters of Brittany, is furnished by the " Judicious Hooker," now 

 residing near many of the rivers he speaks of ; while the list of 

 fishings in Belgium are from the pen of a Gentleman also residing 

 near them, and a thorough angler. 



It is possible that there may be some inaccuracies, owing to 

 neglect on the part of the persons applied to to make the proper 

 returns of their fisheries, and also to the fact that changes may 

 have taken place since the information was sent in. If, therefore, 

 anglers would avoid the chance of dissappointment, I should 

 advise them, previous to setting out on a journey, to write to the 

 landlord of the hotel at any indicated locality, or to the post-master 

 at the nearest town or village, enclosing a stamped envelope if the 

 latter, for any further information he may desire, and thus may 

 all mistakes and annoyance be avoided. 



It has been suggested to me, more than once, that an Almanack, 

 containing some slight information useful to anglers, would be a 

 great improvement to this little work, and I have therefore added 

 one, which, I trust, may be found to answer the purpose. I have 

 given likewise a monthly bill of fare, as regards fish, baits, flies, 

 &c., &c,, with other matters of useful information, for the more 

 especial benefit of the young angler. 



NEW HAMPTON 

 January. 



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