CHAPTER IX. 

 A DAY'S FISHING. 



A favourable day An olive dun The Wickham as a first 

 fly Oiling a fly Taking grease off the gut Getting 

 close to one's fish Where to place the fly Hooking a 

 trout The dangerous word " strike" To get the fish 

 out of weeds The size-limit Frayed gut Newspaper 

 for fish The " drag " How to avoid it Changing 

 flies "Smutting" fish The black spider Fishing it 

 sunk " Bulging " fish Small flies for the evening 

 rise. 



THE day which I would choose for the novice's first 

 introduction to a dry-fly stream would, I think, be 

 one towards the end of May with a genial warm 

 sun, light soft airs, and a few fleecy clouds about 

 the sky. On such a day the trout, or some of them 

 at any rate, ought to be rising more or less from 

 morning till night, and the angler will not be 

 at a loss for employment. Early in April, though 

 fish are to be caught, and though many men 

 begin their season then, the game is a poor 

 one for a young fisherman, because it is often 



