Excerpt from Flies and Fly Fishing: For White and Brown Trout, Grayling and Coarse Fish; With Hints on Using the Minnow and Grasshopper Bait I have, all my life, been enthusiastically attached to the sport of fly fishing; and circumstances have permitted me to indulge that passion to a much greater extent, and over a wider field, than either time or opportunity would probably have allowed to most fisherman. For a number of years I have kept a diary of my fishing, from which this small volume is chiefly compiled. The flies mentioned in this book are not called by their scientific names, as I write only as a fisherman, and for fishermen; and if I have stated anything that is opposed to the opinions of the entomologist, the above must be my apology. Whenever I have made a strong assertion on any subject which is a matter of dispute with fishermen, or rather with writers on fishing, for among practical fishermen I believe there to be very few really important differences of opinion, I have always attempted to point out the way by which the value of my opinion may be tested by the reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.