INTRODUCTOEY REMAEKSi 



Thirty or forty years ago, it would have been a com- 

 paratively brief and easy task to inform tbe angler where 

 to go to enjoy his amusement ; for be would not have 

 ventured to diverge to any great distance from his own 

 home, or the country in which he resided. Now, how- 

 ever, the case is somewhat different. The application 

 of steam to maritime purposes, and the construction of 

 railroads, have altered the entire position of the angler's 

 craft. They have opened out to him a new world of 

 recreation and adventure, and stimulated his ambition 

 to the highest pitch. At a comparatively trifliug cost 

 of money and of time, he can be transported iuto the 

 finest fishing districts in the most remote and unfre- 

 quented parts of the kingdom, or out of it, if he 

 chooses; and can pace the wild heath and barren 

 mountains in search of the lordly salmon and the huge 

 lake-trout— objects that were in his younger days seldom 

 seen, and never placed withiu the range of his rod and 

 tackle. All this has made the duty comprehended in 

 the simple directions where to go, of a more onerous 

 and comprehensive character than it has ever been 

 before in the history of the "gentle craft." 



The recommendations involved in our " Where to Go," 

 will be divided into four parts : namely, England and 

 Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and Continental States. 

 1 By Blakey. 



