WATER INSECTS AND THE RISE 69 



Should he have had no previous experience of the water 

 he proposes to fish, he should endeavour to discover from 

 the owner, or from the keeper of the water, the names of 

 those flies which are hatching out, and to which the 

 trout are rising. Both the Fishing Gazette and the Field, 

 in their weekly fishing reports, give some indication of the 

 flies which are being taken by the fish. Some idea as to 

 those which are being ordered from that part of the country 

 in which he intends fishing, may be obtained from his fishing 

 tackle people. 



The rises of different varieties of fly, however, are extremely 

 uncertain, and all former experience, as well as the latest 

 information from the water, may have to be modified by the 

 circumstances which exist at the moment at which he starts 

 his fishing. 



The list of artificial flies on p. 71 may be useful to the 

 dry fly fisherman, when purchasing his fishing outfit, and 

 it will serve as a guide as to the principal varieties of 

 flying insects which are, generally speaking, met with in 

 different parts of Great Britain and at different seasons of 

 the year. 



By making enquiries from some local authority, or at the 

 nearest fishing-tackle business, a great deal of trouble and 

 disappointment may be prevented when fishing a stream 

 for the first time. 



The beginner should always carry a small fly net, with 

 which to capture, and so examine, the flying insects which he 

 may observe on the water or by the water side. Much 

 useful knowledge will be thus acquired, and his chances of 

 success greatly increased if he is aware from hour to hour as 

 to the flies which he may have to imitate if he desires to 

 catch trout.* 



* See the " Ephemeridae " Fly Net, described in the final chapter. 



