' ' Trout take some flies because they resemble the real fly on 

 which they feed. They take other flies for no such reason." W. 

 C. Prime. 



" The oft-repeated quotation, * Spare the rod and spoil the 

 child,' has been misconstrued for many a long day, and if I had 

 known early in life its real significance it would hardly have made 

 so doleful an impression. There is no doubt to-day in my mind 

 that this 'rod' meant a fishing-rod, and the timely cherishing of 

 it in youth tends to develop that portion of one's nature to 

 which the former use was entirely innocent." Thomas Sedgwick 



" My favorite fly of all is a snipe feather and mouse body." 

 " Frank Forester." 



31. Cinnamon. 32. Deerfly. 33. Red Fox. 



34. Camlet Dun. 35. Governor. 36. Green Drake. 



37. Alder. 38. Cheney. 39. Soldier. 



40. Hod. 41. Kingdom. 42. Oak Fly. 



43. Gray Coflin. 44. Fin Ply. 45. Beaverkill. 



46. Yellow May. 47. Black June. 48. Quaker. 



" Often the whereabouts of a trout is betrayed by a break or a 

 leap from the surface, and the wide-awake angler will make it his 

 business to toss his fly over the spot sooner or later. Sometimes 

 the trout rush at the lure like a flash, leaping clear over it in their 

 eagerness. They are difficult to hook then." Charles Hallock. 



" No description of the brook trout,- that has ever been given, 

 does him justice. It stands unrivalled as a game fish." Theoda- 

 tus Garlick, M.D. 



" The best flies to use are imitations of those which are born on 

 the water; for, though trout will often take land flies, and indeed 

 almost any insect you can throw on the water, yet it is on the 

 water-flies which he chiefly depends for his sustenance." Francis 

 Francis. 



