Excerpt from Angler's Desideratum: Containing the Best and Fullest Directions for Dressing the Artificial Fly; With Some New and Valuable Inventions The Author's motive in publishing this little Treatise is, primarily, to leave behind him a mark of regard and esteem for some excellent individuals, lovers of angling, ere he quit for ever the rapid streams, majestic rivers, and still lakes of his fatherland, with their bonny banks and braes. At the same time, he must confess he would never have presumed to have done so, had he not been prevailed upon by their repeated solicitations, from his diffidence in appearing before the public for the first time. He trusts therefore to their indulgence, in not criticising too severly his first attempt. That it will have many enemies from interested individuals, he is well aware, but the advantages accruing from its publication, will fully compensate him for disclosing minutely the art, from his practice of nearly half a century. 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.

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