74 Dry-Fly Fishing. 



would seem to be no certain data to guide one as to 

 when flies will appear or not, for they rise erratically, 

 much may he gained hy your watching the water at 

 different times of the day if you live near, or, if at 

 a distance, trusting to a keeper's report or wire 

 about it, and to his opinion as to the prospects of 

 success with the dry-fly. 



