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catches none during the same period of time. Is this the 

 fault of the fly or the angler? My experience leads me 

 to believe the angler is at fault, not the fly. Now sup- 

 pose we change the fly and have the anglers use a Par- 

 machenee Bell. 



With the Parmachenee Bell angler B catches four 

 trout to every one Angler A catches. Thus, with different 

 flies different anglers have different results. 



This is not an assumed case, but one I have observed 

 many times in different places, after suggesting the ex- 

 periment be made. I account for the results obtained in 

 this way : 



Angler A*s manner of playing the fly when using the 

 Cow Dung was more attractive to the trout than was the 

 same fly as manipulated by Angler B, The converse of 

 the proposition being the case when the Parmachenee Bell 

 was substituted. 



Here were two entirely different flies handled by two 

 better than average fly fishermen, each of whom, had he 

 been fishing apart, would have declared that the other 

 fellow's fly was not a taking one. Yet both flies proved 

 successful in precisely the same place and under the same 

 conditions, the only difference being the individuality of 

 the anglers. 



Another uncertainty in selecting the most successful 

 "taking flies" is the fact that trout do not always want or 

 take the same flies every day, and often a fly that has been 

 successful one season will, the very next season, prove to 

 be a decided failure. 



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