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fact that they are rising at all is quite sufficient 

 to arouse his interest, because, even though the 

 fish nearest him does not take his fly, the one 

 above may; and, all things considered, he may 

 hope to have a fairly interesting day, with the 

 further chance, if fortune smiles, of a good one. 



How different the situation confronting the 

 angler who elects to fish the streams in the hot 

 summer months, with the water at its lowest 

 mark, clear as crystal or gin, as the English- 

 man has it and not a fish to be seen rising the 

 whole livelong day, for the very good reason 

 that no insects are about to offer inducement. 

 Even in June these conditions sometimes pre- 

 vail, with the redeeming feature, however, that 

 toward evening the falling temperature, or the 

 approach of darkness, or both, seem to induce 

 a rise of insects, with an accompanying rise of 

 trout. The angler, having patiently waited for 

 this time, sets hard at work and is content to 

 take a couple of fair fish in the hour or so before 

 dark. 



I confess to a certain weakness for the stream 

 during those periods of extreme heat when the 

 local experts agree that it is almost impossible 

 to take fish. Actuated, perhaps, as much by a 

 desire to take a good fish as by the hope of 



