A FEW FACrS AND FANCIES 



line into which has been well rubbed as much 

 sugar as possible. A certain quantity of this sweet- 

 ened and oily mixture is washed out, and seems to 

 attract the iish, who paid but scant attention to the 

 ordinary flies that were thrown. 



Curiosity is a factor that now and then is of 

 especial importance, so we can take advantage of it. 

 I have seen a fly, badly worn and torn, with little 

 streamers of tinsel and worsted waving in free ends, 

 destroying all the original beauty and neatness, be 

 the one that was taken in preference. 



A long curling feather can be tied to a fly, caus- 

 ing an uncouth appearance, and yet, from its queer 

 aspect, seem to excite into striking the curiosity 

 of these fish. 



An ordinary piece of brownish worsted can be at- 

 tached to the barb of the hook and allowed to float 

 free, and, by the unusual form, serve as a better lure. 



Where there are " chubs " in fairly large num- 

 bers about, and the trout do not seem to be eager 

 for the fly, use on the cast one small fly, let a 

 chub take it, but do not land him, let him swim 

 about. By doing this, the other flies are dragged 

 about in deeper water, and among the fish in this 

 locality, and often a fairly good-sized trout will 

 snap a fly and be taken. 



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