PREFACi:. 



The object of tliis hook is to present tlie writer's system of 

 Salmon lMshin<,r to tiiose interested iii tlie sjiort, at sucii a price as will 

 brinj^ it within the reach of all. 



In order to secure this object it has been found necessary to 

 compile the book in its present form. 



As tiie Press, in( ludinc; " The Encyclopa:>dia of Sport," has done 

 me the honour to accredit m\' former book, " The Salmon Fly," with 

 being the standard work on the subject, 1 should be wantinir in my 

 simplest duty had not care been taken to brin-,' the information in 

 this volume thorouglily up-to-date. Perhaps few, if any, fishermen, 

 have had larger opportunities than have fallen to m\' lot for stud\ing 

 ever\-tliiiig connected with the numerous problems that bear reference 

 to the art of catching the king of fish with a fly. Under these 

 circumstances it is not likely that 1 should have relinquished my efforts 

 to know all that is worth publishing and puiilish all thai is worth 

 knowing of the latest schemes and devices incidental to this branch of 

 the sport. 1 yield to an irresistible impression inspired by former 

 confidence reposed in me, that this work would be incomplete and not 

 sufficiently instructive had 1 withheld a number of improvements and 

 inventions, accompanied with names and addresses, which 1 ]ieisuade 

 myself will be most acceptable to the angling reader. 



G. M. K. 



