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are feeding below the surface upon the nymphae 

 of insects about to undergo the metamorphosis 

 which produces the winged fly. The trout is a 

 very busy fellow at this time, and covers left, 

 centre, and right field with equal facility; but 

 he occasionally misses, and at the instant of 

 his viciously breaking the surface of the water 

 the insect may be seen taking its laboured flight 

 escaping by a hair's breadth the death which 

 pursued it. When trout are feeding in this 

 manner the angler's patience is taxed to the 

 utmost, and after a succession of flies has been 

 tried without success the discomfited angler 

 may be excused if he concludes that his arti- 

 ficial is not a good imitation. He may not be 

 far wrong. 



Although aside from the main subject of dry 

 fly fishing, I will in this connection attempt to 

 show how the sunk fly may be used successfully 

 against the "bulger." As the nymph is still 

 enclosed in its shuck, or case, it is quite obvious 

 that an artificial fly made with wings is not 

 an imitation of it. Consequently, a hackle-fly 

 should be used even though it, too, is a poor 

 imitation. A suggestion of the general hue of 

 the natural is quite sufficient. The cast is 

 made some distance above the feeding fish, so 



