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object upon which the sun's rays seemed 

 "to shine too rudely" but a short time 

 previously. Also, may not trout sometimes 

 get sick of a surfeit of one particular fly ? 



I always endeavour to catch one of 

 the flies just as the rise begins, and if I 

 have got a good imitation in my book, I 

 give to it the place of honour the tail fly, 

 or stretcher. If it does not kill well, I go 

 on changing that tail fly, till I succeed. 



The words of a distinguished physician, 

 are very appropriate, at such times : " 'Tis at 

 best but shrewd guessing!" The correct 

 fly for the day at last becomes a certainty, 

 and, this point once decided, I continue 

 fishing steadily and uninterruptedly. 



How delightful it is to find the trout 

 feeding gently, but meaning business say, 

 on the further side, where the pool slumbers 

 under the very shadow of the bank. There 

 must be no bungling here. Every cast must 

 be true, and in its place. I have said that 

 fishing up stream with the fly, at times, 

 becomes a sheer absurdity, during a strong 

 down-stream wind. This is especially so 

 when a rapid stream brings the line racing 

 towards the angler, like a boat before the 

 wind. 



When a light wind, or even an ordinary 



