12 Dry -Fly Fishing. 



and rustling through the sedge, thus putting down 

 many a rising trout ; but he is full of amusing antics, 

 and intelligently looks on, often with real excite- 

 ment while a fish is being played and landed, and 

 when it is laid on the grass wags his tail as he looks 

 up to his owner's face as if to say, We have done 

 that well. The two anglers turning away from 

 the bank meet and greet, and, while making mental 

 notes of each other's appearance, they gossip, and 

 narrate the incidents of the day. You lament over 

 all the fish you have lost, and show the one in your 

 creel with becoming pride ; he shows that he has 

 killed three brace, and says that, seeing you in the 

 distance in the morning working your way up- 

 stream, and knowing it was your opening day of 

 the season, he thought that as a matter of courtesy 

 he would not interfere with you, and therefore kept 

 to the upper water. He has now packed up for 

 good (as you notice), and he adds deprecatingly, " It 

 is no use going higher up now, for there is no fly on 

 the water, and the wind is too rough for anything." 

 You act upon the hint, take your rod to pieces, 

 and are soon on your way to the train. And 

 although you have only killed one fish you are 

 delighted with your day's experiences, and are 

 henceforth a confirmed dry-fly fisherman. May 

 you long enjoy this most fascinating and refined of 

 all sports. 



