76 Dry -Fly Fishing. 



long resist being deceived by an artificial fiy 

 properly presented, under differing but favourable 

 conditions. In other words, a so-called educated 

 trout has in the Jong run no chance against a dry- 

 fly purist. 



The Evening Rise. It is wise to decide during 

 the morning practice in what likely portion of the 

 river you will wish to be when the sun dips below 

 the horizon, and this important time is to be 

 utilised to crown your day's sport with further 

 success. It is best not to try to cover too great an 

 extent of water a quarter of a mile, or half that, 

 is ample. And it is in proper form to patiently 

 wait at the lower end of this limited space until the 

 fish begin to move near you, or you observe rings 

 in the distance to which you gradually will work 

 up. A field -glass has been recommended to enable 

 one the better to see such rings, but fortunately, as 

 I do not suffer from myopia, I have never required 

 such aid, and can therefore do without the encum- 

 brance of the glass so may you. One loses 'time 

 by roving far afield, and when the dusk begins, 



And in the ascending scale of Heaven 

 The stars that usher evening rise, 



it is not advantageous to shift about, for in the 

 changing light one's optic powers change also and, 

 if relaxed while hastening away to a perhaps not far- 

 off bend, they do not easily accommodate themselves to 



