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largest flies, but even this has its excep- 

 tions. 



wind The one case in which some sort of 



farlake? wind is generally regarded as an absolutely 

 fishing. essential condition of good fishing is that 

 of lakes, in which, in the absence of either 

 tidal ebb and flow or the movement of 

 running water, the surface is too still on 

 a windless day for any style of fishing 

 more artistic than trailing the flies astern 

 of a moving boat. This in a measure 

 overcomes the difficulty by both creating 

 an artificial ripple in the wake of the boat 

 and presenting the lures at a greater 

 distance from the fisherman than he could 

 reach by casting without a wind at his 

 back, but it is at best a makeshift in 

 no great favour with any one who can 

 throw a fly. As a rule, those who fish 

 in lakes like as strong a wind as possible, 

 so long as the boat is navigable. Colonel 

 Deane writes that he has had some of 

 his best sport on lakes by staying out in 

 gales until it would have been dangerous 

 to remain on the water any longer. 



