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But even when fish are willing and greedy, the number 

 of rises over and above kills is nearly always remark- 

 able. 



Trout are very apt to come up and look at the 

 fly, and then, from some cause or other possibly 

 a temporary form of indigestion caused by too much 

 Mayfly banquet hit it with their noses and retire 



FIG. 3. Sunk Mayfly. 



swiftly. The angler very probably thinks he has had 

 a rise, and strikes naturally without result. As a 

 matter of fact in a case such as this the fish never 

 opened his mouth at all, but rose merely to ' prospect.' 

 I have known fishermen who apparently did not 

 deem it worth their while to continue casting if fish 



