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far assumed that the fish are unmistakably 

 surface-feeding. In the event of an absence of 

 natural rises, dry flies can still be used, but 

 instead of placing them before individual fish 

 they may be cast upstream over every practicable 

 part and place which appears likely water, and 

 will be treated in exactly the same way as already 

 described. 



From the environment of a lowland brook, with 

 its bushed and brambled banks and narrow waters > 

 it will be evident that dry-fly fishing will be 

 considerably handicapped ; still, even with the 

 disadvantages mentioned, it can assuredly be tried 

 in favouring parts of a brook with good results. 

 Practice will soon ensure the placing of a fly in the 

 narrowest of unencumbered runs. As several 

 sorts of natural fly may have to be imitated, a 

 variety of patterns should be taken, but as certain 

 well-known flies are almost sure to be hi evidence 

 at regular times, varying, perhaps, in some degree 

 according to the temperature, this is not a 

 difficult matter. All dealers of repute have 

 prepared lists of the flies regularly hatching out 

 through the summer months. 



At the same time I shall name three flies, f .o be 

 dressed as Spent gnats i.e., with the outspread 

 wings forming right-angles with the sides of the 



