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able for the fisherman to move up-stream for a 

 few yards, and fish quietly and steadily down over 

 the spot where the rise took place, than to begin 

 casting directly over the fish from where he was 

 previously standing. Nor should he stop short 

 at the rising place, but continue to try on for 

 some distance, as it not uhfrequently happens that 

 after rising at a fly, a fish may drop some little 

 distance down-stream. 



While advising that the trouble of making 

 a change of fly should never be considered too 

 great, at the same time it is unwise to go to the 

 other extreme. A fly should always have a fair 

 trial. 



It is difficult indeed, it is impossible to lay 

 down any rule for the selection of special flies for 

 certain days. It has been said that the colour of 

 the fly should correspond with that of the sky, 

 water, etc., and there is very much to be said in 

 favour of this idea, which I have found a by no 

 means bad guide. Pools, especially those which 

 are shaded, vary in colour, and often require a 

 special pattern ; a fly which answers well in one 

 pool being, perhaps, well nigh useless in the next. 

 The colour of the trees which overhang a pool, 

 whether they are bare, green, or yellow, also 

 alters that of the shadow cast on the water beneath 

 them. 



There are some grand old standard patterns of 



