PREFACE 



'T^HE fishing-stories in this book are all true. 

 -* Brother-fishermen will realize that I have 

 given only the cream of fishing experiences, 

 which extend over half a century ; successes 

 like these that I have described would soon 

 pall if they were the rule rather than the 

 exception. 



GEORGE SOUTHCOTE. 



SALISBURY, 1921. 



My sincere thanks are due to the Editors of the Cornhill 

 Magazine, the Nineteenth Century and After, Country Life, 

 the Pall Mall Gazette, John o' London's Weekly, The English- 

 man and the Liverpool Courier for their concurrence in 

 the inclusion of the portions of this book which have 

 appeared in their pages. 



