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CHAPTER IV. 



AKTIFICIAL-FLY FISHING. 



" Mark well the various seasons of the year, 

 How the succeeding insect race appear ; 

 In this revolving moon one colour reigns, 

 Which in the next the fickle trout disdains." 



GAY. 

 " Give me mine angle : we'll to the river : there 



I will betray 



Tawny- finned fishes." 



A ntony and Cleopatra. 

 " With the well-imitated fly to hook 

 The eager trout, and with the slender line 

 And yielding rod solicit to the shore 

 The struggling, panting prey." 



AKMSTRONG : Art of Preserving Health. 



A LTHOUGH in sheltered districts and in a 

 ~- favourable spring fair sport may be obtained 

 with the artificial fly early in March, in Scotland, 

 at least, where for too many years past winter 

 has " lingered in the lap of May," it would hardly 

 be safe to set down in the angler's calendar that 

 fly-fishing begins in earnest before the middle of 

 April. At this time the natural flies generally 



