The Angler's 

 Viewpoint 



The Trout's 

 Viewpoint 



Favorite Fish and Fishing 



An artificial fly on the ruffled surface of 

 the water presents a very different appear- 

 ance to the same fly when held in one's 

 hand, even to our own eyes; what, then, does 

 It look like to the fish? That's the ques- 

 tion. I have often attempted to solve It by 

 diving beneath and viewing the fly on the 

 surface. If the water was perfectly clear 

 and calm, without a ripple. It simply looked 

 like a dark fly, no matter what Its color, 

 though I could sometimes discern the lighter 

 color of the wings when formed of undyed 

 mallard or wood-duck feathers. When the 

 surface was ruffled It was so Indistinct that 

 a bit of leaf would have seemed the same. 

 A somewhat similar experiment may be per- 

 formed. In a minor degree, by placing a 

 mirror at the bottom of a barrel of water 

 and viewing the reflection of the fly on the 

 surface. 



We can surmise that fish are not color- 

 blind, otherwise there would be no reason 

 for the beautiful colors that many male 

 fishes assume during the breeding season. 

 Fishes are possessed of keen vision, and 



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