ioo FLY FISHING 



give good fishing in the day-time after the 

 middle of June. 



In these days of artificial rearing and careful 

 preservation, there is always a danger even on 

 club waters of over-stocking. I doubt whether 

 there is much risk of this being done by the 

 most lavish distribution of fry, but I am sure it 

 is easily done by turning in too large quantities 

 of yearlings or two-year-old fish, and I have 

 known or heard of instances where the average 

 weight and condition of the trout has been 

 injured in this way, and the sport has suffered 

 in consequence. Any given stretch of river, 

 well preserved and free from pike and coarse 

 fish, will keep alive a much larger total weight 

 of trout than it can fatten; and now that good 

 dry fly water is so carefully looked after, there is 

 a tendency to try to increase both the number 

 and total weight of trout that can be taken 

 in each season from each piece of water. It is 

 easy to do this at the expense of the condition 

 of the fish, and so to ruin the sport for the 

 time being. 



The condition of trout varies in different 

 seasons. One cannot expect the average condi- 



