"Trout take some flies because they resemble the real fly on 

 which they feed. They take other flies for no such reason." — W. 

 C. Prime. 



" The oft-repeated quotation, ' Spare the rod and spoil the 

 child,' has been misconstrued for many a long day, and if I had 

 known early in life its real significance it would hardly have made 

 so doleful an impression. There is no doubt to-day in my mind 

 that this 'rod' meant a fishing-rod, and the timely cherishing of 

 it in youth tends to develop that portion of one's nature to 

 which the former use was entirely innocent." — Thomas Sedgwick 

 Steele. 



" My favorite fly of all is a snipe feather and mouse body." — 

 " Frank Forester." 



1 ' Often the whereabouts of a trout is betrayed by a break or a 

 leap from the surface, and the wide-awake angler will make ft his 

 business to toss his fly over the spot sooner or later. Sometimes 

 the trout rush at the lure like a flash, leaping clear over it in their 

 eagerness. They are difficult to hook then." — Charles Hallock. 



" No description of the brook trout, that has ever been given, 

 does him justice. It stands unrivalled as a game fish." — Theoda- 

 tus Oarlick, M.D. 



" The best flies to use are imitations of those which are born on 

 the water; for, though trout will often take land flies, and indeed 

 almost any insect you can throw on the water, yet it is on the 

 water-flies which he chiefly depends for his sustenance." — Francis 

 Francis. 



