Transcriber’s Notes.
Hyphenation has been standardised.
A CONCISE
PRACTICAL TREATISE
ON
ARTIFICIAL FLY FISHING
FOR
TROUT.
BY
GREY DRAKE,
AN ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHER OF FIFTY YEARS’ EXPERIENCE.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY G. BERGER, HOLYWELL STREET, STRAND.
PRICE ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE.
PREFACE.
In the following humble effort I have endeavoured to communicate to the inexperienced lovers of artificial fly-fishing, as concisely as possible, and in a practical form, the result of my own experience of upwards of fifty years.
I treat only of fishing for trout with the artificial fly, adding a few observations on dibbing for trout with artificial flies and other baits.
I have no other ambition than that of initiating the tyro in the “gentle” and elegant art, with as little trouble and expense to him as may be. If he will do me the honour to become my disciple, and practise what I preach, I confidently promise him as much success as any artificial fly-fisher may reasonably expect.
GREY DRAKE.
1860.