Ji4o ELEMENTS OF ANGLING. 



If the novice gets a fish during the dull time of 

 afternoon he may be well satisfied, and may have 

 3iis tea with a quiet mind. After it comes the 

 41 evening rise," five times out of six a disappointing 

 thing. The fly appears and the fish rise at it, 

 -much as was the case in the morning ; but, owing 

 I fancy to something in the light, the angler's 

 chances are not nearly so good. Often his artificial 

 fly, be it never~so cunningly presented, only has 

 the effect of putting a rising trout down ; often it is 

 simply disregarded. The usual tendency of anglers 

 is to increase the size of their fly as the light grows 

 less, but I am gradually coming round to the view 

 of those who advise the opposite course. For 

 :some reason which I cannot explain trout are often 

 more wary in the evening, and the flies which 

 attracted them before noon have only a hostile 

 influence at dusk. Therefore as a rule I now use 

 hackle flies in the evening, either the blue or red 

 upright or Tup's indispensable, and of a size not 

 larger than oo. I have proved the value of this 

 course to my own satisfaction, but it is impossible 

 in such a matter to be dogmatic. 



Hackle flies are less bulky than winged flies, and 

 they are more like the dead flies, " spent spinners," 

 or mature duns after breeding, which float down 

 4he river in the evening ; but many anglers seem to 



