HOJF TROUT TAKE THE FLT 



HOW THE TROUT SEASON OPENED 



Having read in your paper 

 How the trout take a fly, 

 On the first day of April, 

 We thought we would try. 

 If the weather was fair, 

 And our health did not fail. 

 To see if a trout 

 Really " bit with his tail." 

 So Ned and myself, 

 With fly-rod and reel. 

 Struck out for a stream, 

 Each to fill up his creel ; 

 But when we arrived 

 On the north of the hill. 

 We discovered the snow 

 Was lying there still. 

 And to make matters worse, 

 The wind blew a gale. 

 And the trout would not bite 

 With their head or their tail. 

 But while fishing a pool. 

 Now what do you think ? 

 One came to the surface 

 And gave me a wink ; 

 And in order to please him, 

 I threw him the fly. 

 And he actually jumped up 

 And bit with his eye. 

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