1 88 THE DRY FLY AND FAST WATER 



aster and these pages might never have been 

 written. 



During periods of high wind the trout are 

 often treated to a change of diet, land flies, 

 grasshoppers, and beetles, unhappily overcome, 

 being readily and cheerfully accepted. On one 

 occasion, all the trout killed by five or six anglers 

 disclosed the fact, upon autopsy, that potato- 

 bugs had formed a large part of their food that 

 morning; and a fly which resembled this beetle 

 only in size and shape was found very effective. 

 This fly was a herl-bodied brown palmer, called 

 the Marlow Buzz. 



The many anglers who still hold to the belief 

 that trout will not rise during a thunder-storm 

 do so, no doubt, because it offers an excuse for 

 retiring from the stream and seeking shelter, 

 for which they cannot be blamed. It is not 

 the pleasantest situation to be caught in one of 

 the vicious storms which sometimes break with 

 scant warning. If, however, it happens that 

 the angler is so placed that he is far from a 

 road or path that will lead him to some cover, 

 he is far safer in the streams than in the woods; 

 and, making the best of a bad bargain, he should 

 continue his fishing. In all likelihood, he will 

 come to the conclusion that the theory is not 



