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abundance of material for manufacturing 

 such flies as we thought best suited to 

 the water. This in some measure was a 

 matter of some doubt ; for I have known 

 the trout to vary in his taste in different 

 streams, and a fly that will be taken 

 with avidity in one river, would not com- 

 mand a rise in another. 



In fishing a river with which the angler 

 has no previous acquaintance, the best 

 plan is to try the eddies at the corners of 

 the streams, and where the circular move- 

 ment of the current throws out a frequent 

 sustenance for the finny inhabitants. In 

 these spots the large trout will be found, 

 and the experience of every angler will 

 have told him that an excellent capture is 

 repeatedly made from some small spot be- 

 hind, or by the side of, a particular stone, 

 where from day to day one well-sized fish 

 seems to succeed another in the favourite 

 feeding ground. 



