On the Old Stream with Old flugh 
cast a few feet up stream, and so, by 
giving each part a rest, usually do bet- 
ter work. After taking a few fish, we 
go up stream so as to command new 
water, and we go along in this way for 
a time; then) creep back and go to 
some other water, so as to give the fish 
rest. 
To-day the rise at the olive dun was 
bold and deliberate, and about all one 
had to do was to time the rise and 
secure the fish. Hugh was so well 
pleased and gave so much praise for 
my timely strikes that I proposed a 
Wariation im order to exhibit pretty 
uniform or varied success with differ- 
ent lures, soa Wyckham’s fancy with a 
red tail took the place of the olive 
dumm Wererept back to the old spot 
where the first lot was taken with the 
‘dun. So far nearly every fish had 
becnetaiken that Lose to it; as the rise 
was slow, but with a fancy fly it is not 
so. When the Wyckham fell on the 
water a fish approached, turned slowly 
around and rushed at the fly, but the 
strike was too late; the fished turned 
down into deep water; and so it is, the 
“sheds missed, or he hooks himself. 
After a time, I threw the Wyckham 
again and struck at the gleam of the 
fish, and fastened. Two more were 
taken with this fly, when the fish re- 
fused to rise. The same pattern on a 
No. 14 Limerick was tried, which 
proved successful with two more. The 
Wyckham’s fancy with a few fibres of 
a red cock’s hackle for tail has proved 
so successful with me that during warm 
weather on bright days I generally use 
it, and on roughish waters when there 
are no live flies on, where they exist 
in numbers, it almost always has a 
trial; and at times on wet, blustering 
days, with a bit of ibis for a tail, it has 
been the only one used to fill the 
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basket. Bumbles, hackles, alders, 
sedges and odd patterns were tried 
without effect. Then Hugh suggested 
a returmm to the olive dun, but. one 
much smaller, and that it be allowed to 
float of its own accord. One ona No. 
PS Jkimerick ‘was given a trial ‘and 
allowed to swim with the current, and 
sport was so good that many were 
taken, although few were retained. 
When casting to the far side of the 
stream, where the water was somewhat 
deep, several fish well on to eleven and 
twelve inches in length swam slowly 
out to the olive dun for inspection 
only, and sank down into deep water. 
It seemed as if the fish had become 
aware that they were being fished for. 
Hugh then ordered a retreat to the 
shade to prepare for luncheon, and to 
take into consideration the flirtations of 
these wary trout. Then he gave a 
discourse on duns and spinners, as he 
believes the best way to pretty uniform 
success is to follow the teachings of the 
professors, which is, to use an imita- 
tion of the fly that is on the water, but 
in case failure follows, then some fancy 
pattern may be tried. He believed 
that some of those trout that refused 
the duns might be taken with a fancy 
fly; and as the day was bright, the 
water clear, the weather warm, a good- 
sized Lord Baltimore rightly presented 
at somewhat long intervals would do 
the trick. 
Accordingly, one dressed on No. 8 
Sproat was mounted, and Hugh crept 
back, and on trying over the same 
water, the orange and black temptcd 
four "ois the: best, dish, ot ‘the ‘day; 
although, maybe after all, some other 
fancy pattern would have done as well, 
yet it seems to pay as well in the long 
run to stick by the lure one has some 
considerable faith in. Hugh felt so 
