PREFACE 



XIU 



My friend Mr. E. Valentine Corrie has given me 

 invaluable assistance in respect to the third part, and 

 in many paragraphs his facile pen would probably 

 be recognized by the many admirers of his style with- 

 out any specific indication. His unique knowledge 

 of everything pertaining to the making and manage- 

 ment of a fishery has been freely placed at the disposal 

 of my readers. 



I am not sure that I could have undertaken the 

 work without the active co-operation of my friend 

 Mr. Martin E. Mosely, who has read, criticized, and, 

 where necessary, revised every line of the book. It 

 was at his suggestion that I went beyond the original 

 scheme in the second part, because he assured me 

 that many anglers would welcome a little information 

 on the identification and scientific nomenclature of 

 insects present on chalk-streams or other rivers in the 

 United Kingdom. 



The chapter " Dry-Fly on Lochs and Lakes" is, as 

 far as I know, a novelty. For many years I have 

 realized the possibilities and the manifest charms of 

 the cult of the dry-fly under these conditions, but my 

 personal experience was insufficient to warrant my 

 launching out on this branch of the craft. Three 

 good friends, however, nobly undertook to write the 

 matter, and nobly have they carried out their 

 promises. Mr. Hugh T. Sheringham, the Angling 

 Editor of "The Field," has given his experiences of 

 Blagdon Lake, Mr. A. C. Poole of Harris sea-trout 

 lochs, and Mr. John Henderson of Lough Arrow in 

 the west of Ireland. My gratitude to all of them is 

 beyond the powers of language to express. 



