"Of all places, commend me, in the still of the evening, to the 

 long placid pool, shallow on one side, with deeper water and an 

 abrupt overhanging bank opposite. Where the sun has shone all 

 day, and legions of ephemera sported in its declining rays ; the 

 bloom of the rye or clover scenting the air from the adjoining 

 field ! Now light a fresh pipe, and put on a pale Ginger Hackle 

 for your tail-fly, and a little white-winged Coachman for your 

 dropper. Then wade in cautiously— move like a shadow — don't 

 make a ripple. Cast, slowly, long, light ; let your stretcher sink 

 a little. There, he has taken the Ginger — lead him around gently 

 to the shallow side as you reel him in, but don't move from your 

 position— let him tug awhile, put your net under him, break his 

 neck, and slip him into your creel. Draw your line through the 

 rings— cast again ; another and another — keep on until you can 

 see only the ripple made by your fly ; or know when it falls, by 

 the slight tremor it imparts through the whole line down to your 

 hand — until the whip-poor-will begins his evening song, and the 

 little water-frog tweets in the grass close by ;-not till then is it 

 time to go home." — Thaddeus JSforris. 



"You may always know a large trout when feeding in the 

 evening. He rises continuously, or at small intervals — in a still 

 water almost always in the same place, and makes little noise — 

 barely elevating his mouth to suck in the fly, and sometimes 

 showing his back-fin and tail. A large circle spreads around 

 him, but there are seldom any bubbles when he breaks the water, 

 which usually indicates the coarser fish." — Sir Humphry Davy. 



" It is not difficult to learn how to cast ; but it is difficult to 

 learn not to snap the fins off at every throw." — Charles Dudley 

 Warner. 



