This volume contains a comprehensive guide to streamcraft, being a complete and detailed manual for the angling enthusiast. The information this book offers includes: how to care for your rod, line and reel; how properly to rig your rod and arrange your cast; how best to select your lure and to use it; how to describe the artificial fly which you have seen or used successfully; how to identify at least the most prevalent natural insects along and on the water; and how to dress the artificials in imitation thereof. Complete with concise information and a plethora of useful illustrations, this text is a must-have for the novice angler, and it makes for a great addition to collections of angling literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Selection, Care, and Rigging of the Rod'; 'The Art of Casting'; 'Trout Habits Lures and their Use, Including Some Stream Entomology'; 'The Angler's Flies and How to Tie Them', and 'Description of Trout-Fly Patterns'. This text is being republished now complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fishing."