CHAPTER X. 

 SEDGE AND MAYFLY. 



Sedges Food of big trout A brief period of fishing The 

 " path of light " Fishing the sedge Rarity of a good 

 evening The Mayfly Why it appears in June 

 Fragility of artificial Mayflies Hackle flies less 

 expensive and more durable Mayfly fishing not easy 

 Nerve and striking from the reel " Nymphing " trout 

 Fishing the fly wet How to catch a big fish. 



WHEN the fierceness of day has given place to the 

 soft peace of evening, when the sun has gone to his 

 rest and the western sky is alight with his after- 

 glow, then is the time for the young angler to be- 

 think him of the sedge. There be great insects 

 that appear after sunset, and fly heavily about close 

 to the banks, now and again touching the water, 

 and even swimming on its surface, making a trail 

 like that of a little boat. These are, for the 

 novice's purpose, sedges (entomologists divide the 

 family up into many varieties, but that is not 

 necessary here), and I suspect that they form a 



