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 zo 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, 
