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darkness, the whole day is before one, the creel is light, 

 and the anticipations and hopes of sport are keen. 



As proving from my own experience the varying times of 

 the day at which big trout may be caught with the dry fly, 

 I give the following extract from some latter day fishing 

 diaries. 



1893. The Wye, Bake-well, noon, cloudy, 2 Ib. 6 oz., Olive Quill. 



1903. The Test, Nursling, noon, bright, 4 Ib. o oz,, May Fly. 

 11905. The Otter, Devonshire, 9 p.m., calm, fine, i Ib. 10 oz., Coachman. 

 *igo5. The Otter, Devonshire, 5 a.m., light breeze, fine, i Ib. 6 oz., Red Quill. 

 1905. The Erfon, Llangammarch Wells, noon, fresh breeze, bright, i Ib. 6 oz. , 



Stone Fly. 



*i899. The Wutach, Black Forest, n a.m., baking hot, 2 Ib. 2 oz., Olive Quill. 

 (Caught on the edge of a stream in about 4 inches of water.) 

 The Arcque, Normandy, 4 p.m., gale, cloudy, 3 Ib. 10 oz., May Fly. 

 "1897. Mountain Stream, Norway, 2 p.m., baking hot, 4 Ib. n oz., May Fly. 



(No May Fly known there, quite calm, August, dibbling.) 

 1892. Lake near Felide, Norway, midnight, June, 4 Ib. 2 oz., Silver Sedge. 

 *These fish were caught by fishing the stream (see page thirty-six), no rise 



guiding me as to the fish. 

 JOn Mr. George Peppin's Water at Harpford. 



THE EVENING RISE. 



Although some hours cannot be regarded as favourable 

 ones in which to fish, still trout will rise at floating food 

 at all times during the night or day. 



After a bright and hot day during the summer months, 

 the sub-imago stage of life will be assumed by many water 

 insects, while innumerable imago forms of insect life will 

 float or soar through the ambient air in the delicate mazes 

 of their bridal dance. The trout at these times indulge in 

 their usual evening carnival, presumably busy amid the 



