PREFACE 



not too bulky or crowded with technical terms or mat- 

 ter of little interest to the average fisherman who is 

 interested in angling only as a sport or pleasure and 

 change from the activity of city life and business 

 cares. 



So much has been written and still remains to be 

 written, an Editor's greatest difficulty is to condense 

 matter pertaining to this particular fish when articles 

 are contributed by a number of writers, but, for the 

 generous assistance (in many small details) of two 

 veteran editor-authors, Charles Hallock and Wm. C. 

 Harris, who have for more than half a century cast the 

 fly and used the pen, the Editor's incompetency would 

 have been more apparent. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Annin for his article on 

 " Winged Enemies of Trout; " again to Mr. Hallock 

 for his delightful poem ; and to the memory of the late 

 Nelson Cheney, who but a short time before his sud- 

 den death cheerfully gave me permission to use, and 

 promised to add matter to his article on " Trout 

 Propagation" from the State report; to Mrs. Mary 

 Orvis Marbury for her selection and arrangement of 

 the colored sheet of flies, made especially by her for 

 this volume ; indeed, to all the authors who have con- 

 tributed their best efforts and whose friendly interest 

 made the labor most agreeable, and lastly to Mr. Rus- 

 sell, who has in every way been lavish, not only in 

 expenditure but in many little artistic details which 

 have made all his books so choice. 



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