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chance he might have had would have been with 

 a very "wet" mint julep. Under the circum- 

 stances it would have required considerable self- 

 denial to have offered that. This heat was ex- 

 ceptional, however, and fishing in such weather 

 is quite as trying as fishing in the cold, bluster- 

 ing days of early spring. In either case, even 

 if fish are taken, enthusiasm is not greatly 

 aroused on the part of either angler or trout. 



I confess I do not know what method of fly 

 fishing one may use to entice a trout when the 

 temperature is extreme, because when the fish 

 is found under a boulder, as he probably will 

 be, he will not see a floating fly, and it is almost 

 hopeless to expect a sunken fly to attract any 

 attention witness the case of the idle fish and 

 the grasshoppers. If fish not hiding in cav- 

 erns refuse live grasshoppers dropped directly 

 in front of their noses, it is quite evident that 

 there is small chance of taking them on any 

 sort of artificial lure. 



Leaving out of consideration, however, the 

 few periods of unbearable heat, that part of 

 the season between June 15 and August 31 

 may have many days rich in experience for 

 the angler, and even though there be many 

 days when the fish will be found not to be ris- 



