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the artificial wings, resembling the natural wings 

 of a fly partially immersed in the water, would be 

 more suitable to the quieter mode of fishing. 



Much valuable time is frequently lost by chang- 

 ing the fly often. It is better to persevere with that 

 which produces tolerable sport, than to do so. 



Rising short, 8$c. 



A fish is said to rise short when he does not 

 seize the bait voraciously and confidently, and this 

 want of zeal is no doubt frequently occasioned by 

 the imitation shewn to him being a too faint re- 

 semblance of the real insect. 



Fish will sometimes rise freely at one moment, 

 and in ten minutes afterwards not a rise is to be 

 seen. One frequent cause of this is no doubt a want 

 of food to rise at. A sudden change of weather, 

 so slight as to be hardly perceptible to us, may 

 have great influence upon the insects, as we per- 

 ceive that it often has upon cows, asses, dogs, and 

 many other animals. 



Another cause for diminution or total loss of 

 sport may be the falling of the water in the bed of 

 the brook or river, occasioned by the stopping of a 

 mill above the situation of the fisherman. I have 

 observed from the fishing-house very frequently a 

 remarkable diminution of rises in a given interval, 

 to occur as soon as the water began to drop in 



