82 The Angler's Secret 



and natural fly in dark, thick, muddy 

 water in one locality at least, and while 

 trout and salmon as a rule frequent clear 

 waters, they, too, under some conditions, 

 may fly feed in waters of a different char- 

 acter. That I have not taken them in 

 waters otherwise than clear is no proof 

 that they are not to be caught under 

 other conditions. 



Mind, I do not say cloudy, roiled 

 waters are generally more remunerative 

 in black-bass fishing than the beautiful, 

 clear lakes and rivers we have always 

 found them in, or that I could think of 

 preferring to seek them in muddy elements 

 in preference to their delightful clear- 

 water habitat ; no, not if I could creel ten 

 muddy specimens to but one clear-water 

 beauty. I merely claim that in one 

 locality some of the choicest specimens 

 are lifted from water that is as heavy and 

 dark as ditch water, and as deep as some 

 of the middle-lake spots in which heavy 

 salmon trout are captured. 



