FISHING . 3D 



true, however, as I have already said, that many 

 anglers give preference to more perplexing 1 

 varieties. And when in possession of such, it is 

 here where the fly-fisher often makes the mistake, 

 when the trout are on the feed, by consuming the 

 primest portions of the day in testing the attrac- 

 tive power of this and that fly ; now taking off 

 one because he thinks it a shade too dark ; now 

 another, because he thinks it too large ; and 

 attaching, in turn, as many different kinds of fly 

 as would stock a fishing-tackle shop. And to 

 upset such erroneous notions, I may safely affirm 

 that one or other of the flies above specified may 

 be employed with a fair measure of success on 

 Goquet, Reed, Tyne, Wansbeck, or any of our 

 Border streams. 



Fn April, the angler must look for sport in the 

 pools, as the trout are not yet strong enough t-o lie 

 in the streams, therefore, it is no use fishing in 

 them. There are some parts of a pool in which 

 trout are more likely to be found than others. 

 Tl ere are always plenty of them lying in the 

 shallow water at the pool foot ; which, if there is 

 a ripple on it, will be found t3 be the best place 

 of all. In cold weather, in the early part of the 

 season, the sunny side of the water is where feed- 

 ing trout are to be found. 

 Passing from April to May. trout improve greatly 



