14 A FISHERMAN'S PARADISE 



on hand ready to have success with him. A little 

 care in arranging a net over one's head at night, and 

 the use of gloves and a fly dope by day, protects one 

 from any serious annoyance. I carry a little bottle 

 of oil of citronella, apply it freely on going out and 

 am protected for about an hour, then a bite or two 

 reminds me to make another application, and all this 

 is not too much trouble. The most unpleasant fea- 

 ture is that, if a smoker, one finds the flavor of his 

 tobacco replaced by that of citronella, unless he uses 

 the very greatest care to avoid contamination. 



A number six fly seems to be the correct size for 

 these waters and a dozen of each of about six stand- 

 ard patterns are all one really needs, though a few 

 number fours can do no harm. In June I have 

 found the Scarlet Ibis is generally the most at- 

 tractive, with the Parmacheene Belle second, but 

 very decidedly behind. On certain lakes the fish 

 have marked preferences for particular flies, the 

 Silver Doctor being a favorite with the large trout 

 of Otter Lake and the White Miller generally 

 doing best on Trout Lake. A dull black, Grizzly 

 King Montreal and Professor are also often very 

 successful, and the Yellow May should always be 

 kept in one's book. Fishing on St. Bernard one 

 day in spring nothing whatever would move so, 

 having heard somewhere that trout would sometimes 

 take a yellow fly when nothing else would attract, 

 I looped on a Yellow May and trout after trout, and 

 good ones, came to that particular fly, refusing every- 



