CHAPTER V. 



NATUKAL-FLY FISHING. 

 The May-Fly. 



11 Away, be gone ; the sport is at the best 

 Ay, so I fear; the more is my unrest." 



Romeo and Juliet. 



TF one is ever to be tempted to go a-fishing, it 

 -*- will surely be on a May morning. To such 

 as have been "long in populous cities pent," the 

 merry month will speak of open sky and healthful 

 breeze ; and from the " hum, the shock of men," 

 the work and the worry, it will invite the toil-worn 

 and the care-worn to enjoy "a respite, however 

 brief," by mountain burn or meadow brook. The 

 lover of nature will then hie forth to woo her and 

 hold converse with her charms. Endeared to him 

 through all her moods, she reveals "her blessed 

 attributes, her balmy powers," in the first mantling 

 blush of summer time. He sees the hills " with 



