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the United States, contributed fly- 

 fishing chapters to "Favorite Flies," 

 Mary Orvis Marbury's wonderful 

 book on artificial flies and fly-fishing, 

 and 130 of them declared the Brown 

 Hackle their favorite pattern. H. C. 

 Wilcox. 



THE INDOLENT ANGLER. I know 

 of old anglers who have experienced 

 better things, who make long excur- 

 sions in pursuit of n^ascalonge, who 

 will sit on a cushioned seat with a 

 cushioned back in the stern of the 

 boat, and suffer themselves to be 

 pulled about all day, with a trolling 

 rod extended from each side. I never 

 could appreciate this inactive mode of 

 taking fish, which is little better than 

 cockney punt-fishing, and does not 

 require one-tenth the skill. Thad. 

 Norris. 



LOCATING THE TROUT. Often the 

 whereabouts of a trout is betrayed by 

 a break or a leap from the surface, and 

 the wide-awake angler will make it 

 his business to toss his fly over the 

 spot sooner or later. Sometimes the 



