64 Wet-Fly Fishing 



One sees anglers who never seem to 

 collar a good trout lest it might escape. 



This becomes a disastrous habit, since 

 one may lose the best part of the day, 

 playing a few decent-sized trout. 



What if a trout does get off? When 

 trout are rising freely, you should soon be 

 on terms with another. Learn to make 

 hay while it is sunny; don't dawdle and 

 " collar " the trout boldly. 



When trout are not "rising," then, 

 and then only, can I sympathize with the 

 angler who plays an extra good-sized trout 

 with unusual caution, since time really is 

 of little relative value, when trout are not 

 really on the rise. Let me hurl the words 

 of the Poet at the over-cautious, or timid, 

 trout fishermen. 



" He either fears his fate too much 



Or his deserts are small, 

 Who dares not put it to the touch 

 To win or lose it all." 



I have not spoken of flies, and I shall 

 only say here that, for all practical purposes, 

 wingless flies, called " spiders " in Scotland, 

 and hackled flies in England, are the most 

 suitable for the fishing of " waters." When 

 I come to the subject of " flies," I shall 

 then enumerate a few general favourites of 

 my own, and of others. 



