190 Smaller Fly Takers. CHAP. xn. 



quarters of an inch in length is bound to be effective. Some use 

 an even smaller one. 



At Deoli the fish commonly run from f Ib. to if Ib. 



The same good sportsman informs me that in the Banas, Rajputana, 

 they commence taking in October, and the fishing goes on improving 

 every month till January, and is good all January and February, and 

 where there is water enough continues till the rains come any time in 

 June, when they run up stream to spawn ; then the small spoon 

 may be used to advantage, and the best sized Indian trout of i| Ib. 

 are caught in March, April, and May, when also they are found full 

 of young fry, which clearly indicates the suitableness of the spoon 

 bait then. 



My informant tells me that they are very sensitive of changes of 

 weather, S., S.W., and W. winds being good, but N., N.E., and E. 

 being bad. 



Their large head makes them very easy to hold in the hand close 

 behind the head. 



A fishing basket is a desideratum, and so is a light landing-net. 



The flies should be on stout lake 

 trout gut, and the collar the 

 same. 



The long shallows between 

 the pools are affected by the fry 

 of the Indian trout, and their shallowness is their protection from their 

 predatory parents. 



I was told of very big bags made of these fish, but as those details 

 are not in my notes I mistrust my memory. Prettier sport than what 

 I had amongst them I could not wish for. 



Another correspondent writes : 



" The Barilius bola abounds in the Gameri and Burock rivers near 

 Chillere, clear streams, and I have caught them with a fly at Ujjain in the 

 Seepra. I expect they are to be found in the Gumbir near Fatehabad, 

 and also in the Chumbul. I shall be fishing in the Gumbir next October 

 when the water clears." 



Ujjain and Fatehabad are both places on the rail. 



Some few more remarks are made on this splendid sporting fish 

 in the extracts at the end of the book, which the index will help 

 you to. 



