CHAPTER III. 



HINTS TO THE STUDENT HASTY JUDGMENTS THE NATURAL FLY THE 

 EPHEMERID^E THE TRICHOPTERA THE PERLID.E THE SIALID^S THE 

 DIPTERA THE RISE THE EVENING RISE BULGING TROUT THE SENSES 

 OF A TROUT THE VISION OF A TROUT. 



HINTS TO THE STUDENT. 



It is of no use to read books in order to determine 

 your actions when actually fishing. Common sense is 

 the most valuable guide. No two days are alike, and at 

 each step the fisherman is confronted with an absolutely 

 new combination of circumstances. This is perhaps one of 

 the greatest charms of dry fly fishing. To read is good, 

 because it teaches, from the experience of others, that no 

 two experiences of the same writer are absolutely alike, and no 

 hard and fast axioms of fishing lore can be followed. The 

 attendant circumstances must guide the immediate actions of 

 the moment. 



HASTY JUDGMENTS. 



Always be charitable ; never discredit a reputed trout 

 stream because you have been unlucky on one or two 

 occasions. " No fish in the river " is a rash statement to 

 advance because, after one or two visits, no fish have been 

 caught or, possibly, seen. A futile visit to a stream and a hasty 

 opinion thus formed may be regretted. I remember, by the 



