The personnel of the three anglers who figure in this little 

 brochure is an exact portraiture of their individual social 

 and angling traits. I fished with them all for many years. 

 The locality is a stretch of the Schuylkill River extending 

 from Royers's Ford to Yankee Dam, a distance of about 

 three miles, and about thirty miles from Philadelphia. Their 

 ■fishing-box here described stood on a high bluff, overlooking 

 the Schuylkill for many miles. The fishmg methods of the 

 angling trio, as recorded for each of them, were identical 

 with their practices on the stream. They were bosom 

 friends and had been so for years. 



WILLIAM C. HARRIS 



