WATER INSECTS AND THE RISE 83 



THE BEST TIME TO FISH 



The forenoon is, in my opinion, the most fascinating time 

 for fishing ; there is no arriere-pensee as to coming 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 of my fishing 

 diaries : 



1893.* The Wye, Bakewell, noon, cloudy, 2 pounds 6 ounces, 

 Olive Quill. 



1903. The Test, Nursling, noon, bright, 4 pounds, May -fly. 



I 9St- The Otter, Devonshire, 9 p.m., calm, fine, i pound 10 ounces, 

 Coachman. 



1905.* The Otter, Devonshire, 5 a.m., light breeze, fine, i pound 

 15 ounces, Red Quill. 



1905. The Irfon, Llangammarch Wells, noon, fresh breeze, bright, 



1 pound 6 ounces, Shaw's Fancy. 



1899.* The Wutach, Black Forest, n a.m., baking hot, 2 pounds 



2 ounces, Olive Quill. (Caught on the edge of a stream, in about 

 four inches of water.) 



1899. The Arcque, Normandy, 4 p.m., gale, cloudy, 3 pounds 



10 ounces, May-fly. 



1897.* Mountain stream, Norway, 2 p.m., baking hot, 4 pounds 



11 ounces, May fly. (No May -fly known there; quite calm, August, 

 dibbling.) 



1892. Lake near Felide, Norway, midnight, June, 4 pounds 2 

 ounces, Silver Sedge. 



Plate IX. shows the two trout mentioned above, taken 

 from the Otter. 



THE EVENING RISE 



Although some hours cannot be regarded as favourable 

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

 all times during the night or day. 



* These fish were caught by fishing the stream, no rise guiding me as to 

 the fish. 



t On Mr. George Peppin's water at Harpford. 



