30 FLY FISHING FOE TROUT. 



Especially choose a whirling water, or where 

 there is good cover for fish, such as a hollow 

 bank or great tree roots or floating weeds. Deep 

 water, waterfalls and weir pools are also 

 recommended ; 'and it is good for to angle where 

 as the water restyth by the bank and where the 

 streme rennyth nyghe there by, and is deep and 

 clear by the ground.' As a fisherman reads 

 these words, there must come into his mind 

 many a vision of clear and quiet waters flowing 

 gently under a bank, with a strong stream 

 running near thereby, and noble trout rising in 

 the quiet water. 



Advice as to time of day and weather follow. 

 From May till September the early morning 

 from four till eight is best, and from four to 

 eight in the evening next best. A dark lowering 

 day with a cold whistling wind, or with a soft 

 wind, are both good. If at any time of the 

 day the trout or grayling rise, fish for them 

 with a fly, choosing one appropriate to the 

 month. This advice is repeated no less than 

 three times. Weather which is either bright 

 and hot or sultry is unfavourable, and so is a 

 wind with any touch of East in it. West and 

 North winds are good, but the best is the South. 

 Heavy winds, snow, rain, hail, or a thunder- 

 storm are all bad. 



The Treatise, which started upon general 

 observations, ends on the same note. It started 

 by describing the perfect sport and ends with 

 a picture of the perfect fisherman. His duty 



