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cowardly about it, it is the worst deception the Angler can 

 make use of. 



Fly fisher. Nay, the deception is good, and that is why I 

 like it so much. You cannot alter my opinion about fly fishing, 

 neither do I want to alter your opinion about bottom fishing, so 

 I bid you good morning. 



The above shows that the Angler should be allowed to choose 

 that style of angling that takes his fancy most. My-fishing, in 

 my opinion, is a delightful mode of angling clean and pretty, 

 and affording good sport when Trout are taking. Bright sunny 

 days are bad for fly-fishing. In May and June, when the day 

 is bright, morning and evening are best. On a cloudy day, with 

 a gentle breeze of wind, Trout will rise all day, but the best 

 time is from ten till two o'clock, or the last hour at night. 



The water must be clear for fly fishing, the clearer the better, 

 providing the day be cloudy. It is useless fly fishing when the 

 water is thick ; at such a time the fly fisher, if he does not un- 

 derstand bottom fishing, is beat. I never go out for the pur- 

 pose of fly fishing but I take with me worms or Minnows, 

 if the fly should fail, one or the other is sure to suit. 



Flies for Trout fishing are very numerous, and the opinions of 

 Anglers are equally conflicting, for out of one hundred different 

 fly fishers no two will agree on the same point ; each has got the 

 best killing flies, and those of each are different ; and so with the 

 fly dressers. They will all tell you that they can provide you 

 with flies that will kill Trout in any. river in the kingdom, and 

 yet there will be no similarity between the flies recommended 

 by any two. But the fact is, that different rivers require dif- 

 ferent kind of flies those that may be good killers on one 

 river may not catch a single Trout in another. I have often 

 found this to be the case, and all fly fishers who are in the habit 

 of fishing in different streams must be aware of this. I would, 

 therefore, recommend the Angler to have a good assortment of 

 flies, and, when he goes to a strange river, to seek out the 

 nearest flymaker, who is, of all others, the best qualified to tell 

 you what flies are the most killing on the water in his imme- 



