NOTE TO THE FIFTH EDITION. 



The very gratifying reception accorded to the earlier 

 editions of this book, both by the press and by sports- 

 men, has prompted the issue of the present revised 

 impression, in which the object primarily aimed at by 

 editor, author, and publishers, has been to bring the 

 textual matter, with illustrative diagrams, as closely as 

 possible ' up to date! 



The essays on Tackle and Fishing Gear have been 

 practically re-written, as it is here, of course, that fresh 

 ideas and inventions are constantly cropping up. The 

 latest developments of the Eyed-hook system — the most 

 important of all * burning questions ' to trout fishers — 

 and the appliances called into existence by its increas- 

 ingly general adoption, may be especially instanced ; 

 and in these and other chapters upwards of a hundred 

 new explanatory woodcuts are introduced. At the 

 same time illustrations of a less technical nature, espe- 

 cially executed for this edition, have been added, which 

 it is hoped may be of interest. 



A further contribution to the chapter on Dry-fly 

 fishing will also be noticed from the pen of Mr. Frederic 

 M. Halford, embodying the * latest science ' in that 

 scientific department of angling. 



A last word of cordial thanks to our critics, not only 

 for their flattering reviews, but for the valuable hints 

 and suggestions, which in many cases will be found em- 

 bodied in the following pages. 



H. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL. 

 October 1889. 



