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after six o'clock. The angler will probably find 

 that these trout are not feeding in the same 

 way as they fed in the morning. They may be 

 the same fish, but their manners and behaviour 

 are different. They are apparently taking some 

 very small insect, are much more easily scared, 

 and are apt to rise very short, if they rise at all 

 to an artificial fly ; still they are feeding, and are 

 worth trying for. If the angler can get one or 

 two of these fish before eight o'clock he will 

 have done well. Soon after eight the evening 

 rise proper should have begun. More rises 

 will be seen than at any previous time of the 

 day, and as the light fades the easier it is to 

 get near the fish, and the more chance is there 

 of hooking them. Yet in my experience it 

 is comparatively seldom that one has a really 

 successful evening, and feels that everything has 

 gone well. Now and then one gets two or 

 three brace, or even more, of good trout, but 

 more often, either because the trout rise short, 

 or because too much time is spent unsuccess- 

 fully over a stubborn fish, the angler seems to 

 be always on the point of great success without 

 attaining it. 



