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diate vicinity. Should there be no fly dresser near, the best 

 plan you can adopt is to catch one of the flies off the water at 

 which the Trout are rising, and from your fly book select a set 

 of artificial flies, resembling as nearly as possible the natural 

 one in size, shape, and colour. 



FOR FLY FISHING you will require a fine gut lash or casting 

 line the length of your rod, on which put two, three, or four 

 flies. I always fish with four, although some Anglers object to so 

 many. Always fish with the sun before you, and the wind 

 behind you. If it should be blowing in any other direction, 

 you will be unable to cast your flies where you want them to go. 

 Cast straight before you, allowing your flies to go with the 

 current as long as you can, so as to imitate the natural one 

 swimming down the stream. Take care to have your running 

 line always clear, for if there is any impediment, and you hap- 

 pen to hook a good Trout, he will break your tackle to pieces 

 before you can free your line. 



DIBBING FOE TROUT with the natural fly is very much prac- 

 tised in some rivers, and I have had some very good sport by dib- 

 bing. It is done in this way : Use your fly rod and finest 

 line, with two yards of very fine gut, and put on a No. 10 hook ; 

 then catch one of the flies similar to those at which the Trout 

 are rising, and hook it under the belly ; let the sun be in your 

 face and the wind behind you ; stand as far from the bank as 

 you can, then drop the fly lightly on the water, and if a fish do 

 not rise at it in a moment, lift it and let it drop again. If 

 there is a fish about, it will not be dropped many times before it 

 is seized. Be careful when you strike that you do not break your 

 line. You may do good execution by poking your rod between 

 bushes, or under trees, overhanging the water, but you must 

 go carefully and quietly to work, or you will not have the 

 shadow of a chance. 



BOTTOM FISHING WITH THE WORM is decidedly an excellent 

 mode of angling for Trout. I have caught Trout with the 

 worm when the fly and Minnow could not capture a single fish ; 

 and when it is done rightly, it is not easy to beat worm fishing. 



