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lifetime to the study and practice of angling. He is one of those untiring sportsmen 

 who can boast of a well-filled past and look forward to a considerable historic future. 

 He has edited weekly journals, treating of the subject of fishing, and his contributions 

 to the Press are as familiar as household words. His genius, it can be called nothing 

 else— for fly invention, fly dressing and salmon angling, is of a very rare quality. It 

 is by no means our intention, in this busy thoroughfare of ours, to attempt to 

 criticise at great length, the up-to-date methods and principles clearly and cleverly 

 set forth in The Siiliiion Fly, by so popular an expert as the author of this really 

 beautiful book. . . . Mr. Kelson has indeed attained an ideal reputation as an 

 exponent of the art. He has fortunately puljlished an account of his exploits, which 

 seems destined to decorate the libraries of his colleagues, if not of all sportsmen, for 

 many years to come. Mr. Kelson is the pioneer of a system of salmon fishing, and 

 if there is a fault to be found with him it rests in the superficial fact of his concrete 

 doctrines appearing somewhat in advance of the times, though in reality they 

 compose another step toward the ideal salmon fisherman of the future. To give the 

 reader an idea of the estimation in which he is held by rich and poor alike. His 

 Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of .Saxe-Coburg, have honoured 

 him by gratiously accepting a copy of his book, whilst our own gillie declines 'to 

 retire to rest without diving into the mysteries of the gentle craft between the sheets.' 

 T/ie Salmon Fly is replete with original epigrams, and merits a place among the, 

 standard works of the day. ... All those who want to know how best to tie a 

 fly or catch a salmon cannot do better than read it. To appreciate the book one 

 must read it carefully, and to read it carefully is to enjoy it." 



TRUTH, March \f)th, 1896. 



"... Mr. Kelson's monumental work on The Salmon Fly will specially 

 appeal to your interest. For my own part, I am too humble a fisherman to venture 

 to criticise one who writes with such experience and authority." 



LAND AND WATER, March 2isl, 1896. 



" Ouite an cililion clc luxe is this, the latest work on angling, by Mr. G. M. 

 Kelson. Printed in very legible type on good paper, containing a large number of 

 capital illustrations, it is one of the most elaborate books of the kind ever published. . 

 . . In dealing with practical matters, the author's long experience and careful study 

 of the best means of capturing salmon, impart great value to his opinions and 

 instructions. . . . The author's disquisitions on feathers and materials of various 

 kinds used in fly-making, will be found simply invaluable by those who dress their 

 own flies. . . . The descriptions of various methods of casting are excellent, and 

 .ibly illustr.itcd by illustrations. . . The subject never before has been so fully 

 and thoroughly handled. . . . Mr. Kelson has much to tell us on the patterns of 



