PREFACE 



collection of bass flies has been tied and arranged 

 especially for this work. 



The publishers' devotion to the art of angling can 

 be inferred from the care bestowed on all the little 

 details which only a labor of love can inspire, and 

 which makes beauty and usefulness join hands. 



Should " The Basses " meet with an encouraging 

 success, it will be followed by a series of works on 

 angling, under the title of " A Library of Rod and 

 Reel." This will contain volumes individually dis- 

 tinctive, though uniform in size and character, and 

 their titles will be announced in due course. 



LOUIS RHEAD 



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