INTRODUCTION 



and dressings, and named the materials for 

 the construction of twelve artificial flies, 

 imitations of natural insects that frequented 

 the streams during the summer months, to 

 be used for trout and grayling. These flies, 

 with slight modifications, are in use to-day, 

 and some of them, doubtless, were em- 

 ployed by the "Humble Angler" when on 

 some of his outings, as recounted in his 

 "Reminiscent Tales." 



The next book on Angling to appear was 

 the "Booke of Fishing With Hooke and 

 Line," by Leonard Mascall, 4to, London, 

 1600. Next in chronological sequence was 

 the "Art of Angling," by Thomas Barker, 

 I2mo, London, 1651. Neither of these books 

 survived beyond one or two editions. Then 

 came the "Compleat Angler" or the "Con- 

 templative Man's Recreation," by Izaak 

 Walton, London, 1653, which has become 

 the classic of angling literature. 



There have been more than a hundred edi- 

 tions of the "Compleat Angler," edited, an- 

 notated, and published by various persons 

 since Walton's time. And likewise there 

 have been books and books on Angling, good, 

 bad, and indifferent, published on both sides 

 of the Atlantic, and all of them have been 

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