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fisherman is not out to catch fish and nothinj^ else. 

 He will be confronted continually with difficulties, 

 such as a drag on the fly when casting across 

 running water ; another time he may have to 

 switch the tly under an overhanging branch of 

 a tree to throw the fly so that it may land on 

 the far side of a stump or tussock beside which 

 a trout is lying. All these obstacles go to make 

 the sport of dry-fly fishing the best of all forms 

 of angling. To watch for a rising trout, to "spot" 

 the fly he is taking, is in itself a most interesting 

 preliminary to the business of fishing ; obstacles 

 should only add to the determination to per- 

 severe. There is no finer school of patience and 

 self-discipline than this, for it teaches one to 

 make light of disappointments. Surely there is 

 nothing like it to soothe a ruffled mind. To 

 listen to the sound of running water imbues the 

 man on the river bank with a feeling of peace- 

 fulness. Peace and happiness are inseparable. 

 The sonor of birds, the hum of insects, all tell 

 the tale of the joy of life. When the water is 

 low and clear the fisherman must keep both 

 eyes and ears open. He must be alert to catch 

 each ripple of a rising trout, or the flop of one 

 that has risen screened by the branch of a tree. 



Books dealing with the art of angling have 

 been written by many expert authors, and doubt- 



