A DAY'S FISHING. 



partly on having his wits about him, but partly on. 

 his luck. 



Previous practice on wet-fly streams, as described 

 before, is of great assistance in understanding the 

 movement of the line ; but the matter is infinitely 

 more difficult on a chalk stream, where the trout 

 rise so much more quietly and where the current 

 is so much slower. This method of fishing is 

 practised by some of the best anglers I know when 

 fish are not smutting but " bulging," that is to say, 

 taking the larvae of flies as they swim up to the 

 surface and just before they reach it. Tup's 

 indispensable is a very useful fly for this purpose, 

 but if the novice has his wet-fly book w r ith him he 

 can put on a wet fly, GreenwelPs glory for 

 preference. In all partfculars the procedure sug- 

 gested for deluding smutting fish will apply to 

 bulgers also. If the novice finds the style of fishing 

 too difficult or too much trouble, there is always 

 a chance of rising either kind of trout with a dry 

 Wickham. Quite recently, on a cold, windy day, I 

 failed miserably with some bulging fish. Ordinary 

 dry flies they would not look at ; Tup's indi- 

 spensable under water got a rise or two, but I 

 failed to hot>k the risers ; finally I put on a Wickham 

 in disgust and caught a brace and a half in a short 

 time. 



