56 TROUT-FISHING IN BROOKS 



had a savage tug indeed ; there was a momentary 

 struggle, an unrestrainable muscular effort on my 

 part, and up among the branches of a tree over 

 my head, as if shot from a catapult, went a 

 monstrous trout as it seemed to me. I remember 

 it weighed something over Ib. I could catch no 

 more, but what matter ? I had three beautiful 

 fish, and I was consumed with pride. I turn over 

 many pages to recall this important event, but I 

 can still feel the romance of it all, the warm, 

 scented June evening, the rises, the intense 

 anxiety, the exquisite thrill of the hooked trout, 

 and the happy walk homeward. 



I hesitate to recommend any particular flies. 

 As in dry-fly fishing, it is well to imitate whatever 

 natural insect the fish appear to be feeding upon. 

 Again, a fancy fly may work wonders, such as the 

 famous Greenwell's Glory and Tup's Indispensable 

 before mentioned. However, I give a few or- 

 dinary patterns below which have often assisted 

 me to a basket of brook trout. For obvious 

 reasons, no more than two flies should be used, 

 and some anglers might call this one too many. 

 Yet I have found the jigging of the dropper very 

 effective, and have frequently caught two trout 

 together. A good rule is to invariably mount at 

 least one gold-ribbed fly in high water. 



