PREFACE 



TO THE FIRST EDITION. 



IT occurred to me, some three or four years ago, that 

 there was again room in this great angling county 

 for a book which should not only give the dressings 

 and seasons of trout flies, but also add the best pos- 

 sible aid in the form of illustrations carefully and 

 accurately coloured, in order to convey to the eye 

 of the beholder correct impressions of the size, shape, 

 and colours of those artificial flies which experience 

 has proved are best adapted to the Yorkshire waters. 

 It is a long stretch from the days of Theakston and 

 Jackson to this present time, and in the interval there 

 has grown up amongst observant anglers a decided 

 preference for hackled flies, and wisely so, and this 

 preference is by no means confined within the limits 

 of our county. The production of such a work 

 required, however, an amount of time which is not at 



