TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



on bright, clear, warm days, when the temperature of the 

 water is at sixty degrees and over ; while under these con- 

 ditions the Brook Trout, in order to live, seeks the coolest 

 of places, such as under banks, in deep sheltered pools 

 and in the shadows of large rocks and boulders, where 

 they will remain inactive until the temperature of the 

 water falls to 55 degrees and below. 



It is a fact that at such times the dry-fly method is suc- 

 cessful, and at its best, and that the wet-fly method is least 

 successful, and at its poorest ; but how do these facts alone 

 prove anything about the real merits of the two methods? 



Certainly all that they prove at most is that Brown 

 Trout, under the conditions named, will rise to a fly when 

 the Brook Trout will not. 



The dry-fly method of fishing for trout is a great art, 

 but up to this time neither on paper nor by practical dem- 

 onstration, I make so bold to say, has it been proven to be 

 the superior to the wet-fly method. 



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