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sailormen. The first few turns are made at the desired 

 spot, laid evenly and firmly over the short end of the 

 whipping material, and continued until sufficient turns of 

 the thread have been laid on to cover the injured portion 

 of the rod. The last three or four turns are then loosened 

 freely, and the end of the line with which you have been 

 working is passed under these, and up and out over the 

 turns which have not been loosened. The loosened turns, 

 beginning at the inside one, are then again drawn on taut, 

 and the slack line is finally pulled through under them 

 and the end cut off. The whipping thus finished securely 

 is the most convenient method of neatly and securely placing 

 a whipping on a rod. See Plate XXXIV., Figs. 1, 2 

 and 3. 



BULGING TROUT 



Trout may at times such times being generally bad for 

 the dry fly fisherman be seen feeding on the nymphae of 

 water insects. On these occasions, although the trout are 

 rising to the surface, they take little or no notice of the natural 

 or artificial fly on the water. When the trout are showing 

 the dorsal fin and part of the back above the water, they 

 are then said to be bulging. If the fisherman finds that the 

 trout, in these circumstances, persistently refuse to feed on 

 the floating fly, his best plan is to change his cast, and fish 

 up and across stream with a short line and two or more 

 hackle-winged flies. These flies should, if possible, resemble 

 the nymphae on which the trout are feeding, and should 

 only be sunk a few inches below the surface, the spasmodic 

 swimming action of the nymphae being imitated as closely as 

 possible by a series of very small jerks given to the artificial 

 fly as the cast is drawn through the water toward the 

 fisherman. 



I have found that a hackle medium Olive Quill is very 



