VIII: DAPPING 



DAPPING in brooks is but a distant 

 relation of the popular idea, as dapping 

 on the Irish lakes, etc. Some angling 

 writers affect to consider it a monotonous game, 

 but, believe me, there is plenty of healthy excite- 

 ment about it, and it will get trout when all other 

 means fail. That some knowledge of fishing 

 with live flies and other insects is extremely 

 useful at times there can be little room for doubt, 

 and to prove my case, allow me to relate the 

 following true tale. 



A man whom I shall call B was a very fair 

 performer with the artificial either dry or wet. 

 He was also engaged to be married to a nice and 

 pretty girl who believed in him absolutely you 

 know the sort of thing. The girl's people wanted 

 a dish of trout for a special occasion, and B was 

 naturally called in. According to his fiancee, 

 there never was such a fisherman ; the trout were 

 a dead certainty. A Midland brook was the 

 scene, and B starting on the short railway journey 

 was seen off by his lady-love. He was by no 



