PKEFACE. 



THE Author of this very practical treatise 

 on Scotch Loch -Fishing desires chiefly 

 that it may be of use to all who read it. 

 He does not pretend to have written 

 anything new, but to have attempted to 

 put what he has to say in as readable 

 a form as possible. Everything in the 

 way of the history and habits of fish 

 has been studiously avoided, and techni- 

 calities have been used as sparingly as 

 possible. The writing of this book has 

 afforded him much pleasure in his leisure 

 moments, and that pleasure would be 



