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their winged tribes. Grayling and smelt, fat and well 

 favored for the remainder of the season, furnish the sport 

 of the small flyfisher. Farewell, Trout ! my old and charm- 

 ing acquaintance, fare thee well in peace and security until 

 we meet in other days. Thou art the best trump in the 

 streams ; thy beauty, thy cunning, and thy courage, I ever 

 admired. How have I loved to tackle thee in the days of 

 thy freedom and prosperity. I have delighted to deceive 

 thee in thy prime and ruthless moments ; but I ever detested 

 the snare and the lyster ; nor is the grey fly* in my list. 

 Neither would I disturb thee in thy connubial joys, or per- 

 secute thee on those days when thy spirit is subdued by 

 adversity ; no ! I would then succour and protect thee. I 

 now beseech all men to spare the trout, take or touch him 

 not until the returning sun rouses him again to action. 

 Drained are the riches of his delicate flesh, and dimmed 

 and dusk his late lovely sides ; but a " change has come 

 o'er the spirit of his dream ; " a honey drop creeps in his 

 blood and fevers in his brain one feeling influence the 

 females ; and an upward movement commences the males 

 follow when every matured trout in the broad trunk of 

 our river and all its branches, to the twig rills of the hills, 

 are in a state of emigration, higher up the waters. 



OCTOBER FIRST. 



Orange brown. Out in small numbers. 

 Needle brown. Numerous, hatching and breeding. 

 Checkwing. Not many. 

 Dark drake, iron blue drake. Hatching. 

 Light drake. Hatching. Length, better than a quarter. 

 Sea swallow and orange, or yellow. 



* Poachers' term for the Net. 



