32 CHATS ON ANGLING. 



the rise of dun being so small and the wind blowing them off the river 

 almost as soon as they started on their swim down-stream. However, I 

 managed to land five fish, all on a ooo gold-ribbed hare's ear, the best one 

 lib. 90Z. and the smallest a little over a pound ; but as they were all in the 

 pink of condition, and each fish was a problem to get, I enjoyed the 

 day far more than a more prolific one, when the duns might be sailing 

 steadily, the fish all in position, and where catching them would be 

 far more of a certainty, and where even a duffer could not have 

 failed to score. 



Perhaps I may have been somewhat unfortunate in my May fly 

 experiences, and most anglers would be disinclined to agree with my faint 

 appreciation of this insect and of the sport he assists to produce. Most of 

 my friends speak of this form of angling in a totally different strain, 

 therefore, presumably, I must be wrong in my view. To me, however, the 

 May fly (as a means to an end) is of great value in tempting up the 

 bigger cannibal fish, but as an adjunct to sport, I am inclined to 

 consider him overrated. 



