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that those early evening "rises" which have so 

 long mocked his skill may show a profit. The 

 angler, however, may spend a profitable quarter 

 hour watching the insects upon the water or 

 rising from it, and catching some for closer 

 examination. During this time, if there is a 

 cessation of swirls, as there likely will be, it 

 indicates that the nymphae are becoming 

 fewer and that, the "hatch" being over for the 

 present, his last chance has come for a try 

 at the bulgers. He should proceed, as be- 

 fore, to create his artificial "hatch," and he 

 will have even a better chance of success because 

 the attention of the trout will be less occupied. 



In selecting water in which to place the fly, in 

 order to take bulging fish by the method I have 

 suggested, the angler will do well to choose that 

 where the current is swift but the surface un- 

 broken; and too much stress cannot be laid upon 

 the importance of having the fly float down as 

 nearly as possible in the same lane and position 

 each time. When the trout have ceased feed- 

 ing upon the nymphae his opportunity for cast- 

 ing to fish that are really rising is come, and he 

 may try these until darkness drives him home. 



One who has observed trout feeding upon the 

 tiny Diptera called indiscriminately by anglers 



