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drifted by the wind higher up the river from 

 the place of their first appearance, and alight- 

 ing on the surface lay their eggs. 



Given this is also correct, then the other 

 tendency is so far counterbalanced. 



The Grannom fly has been successfully 

 introduced and hatched-off on a river in 

 England (Berkshire), and it ' appears to have 

 gone somewhat lower down the river than 

 where the eggs were located, etc/ (Fishing 

 Gazette, April 23rd, 1898.) 



c Tailing of trout" (so much written about in 

 sporting papers) is a well-known habit of trout 

 when feeding on larvae. We witness this more 

 and more in later years, but we cannot say we 

 have noticed any corresponding decrease of 

 insect food on the surface. We can, however, 

 'jalouse' (Anglice, suspect; Yankee, 'guess') 

 that where dry-fly fishing is ' all the rage,' 

 trout may get sick of stinging insects, and 

 more and more take to ' rattling ' in the mud 

 and slime like pigs. We cannot say that 

 this habit seems to be dependent on weather, 

 or water, or temperature. It may occur at 

 almost any time, especially during a long 

 drought. It is equally certain it occurs when 

 rivers are running high, as can easily be proved 



