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" Broughton Point " is a good general fly here, as 

 it is on Ullswater, Coniston, and on most of the 

 smaller lakes. 



The importance of the size of the flies used can 

 hardly be exaggerated. If the surface of the 

 water is just rippled, a No. I hook is large 

 enough, while with half a gale a No. 4 is not too 

 large. Nos. 2 and 3 are the most useful sizes ; and 

 the angler will be fully equipped if he has half a 

 dozen patterns of flies dressed in three sizes. With 

 an equal amount of wind, a bright day requires a 

 size less fly than a dark day. With regard to kind 

 of hook a well-known lake angler expresses it as 

 his opinion that the sneck-bend is best for small 

 hooks (sizes o, I, 2) while Limericks give better 

 holding power in Nos. 3 and 4. 



To come now to trolling for trout. The best 

 time for this is from the middle of April to the 

 middle of June. The most successful fish- Trolling 

 ing is done from sunset until dark, and for 

 again at dawn. The later in the season 

 trolling is indulged the more pleasurable it becomes, 

 but by July the fish have almost stopped taking. 

 All the biggest trout are got in this way. Person- 

 ally I have rarely taken a fish of less than I Ib. in 

 weight, the majority running from I Ib. to 2 Ibs. 

 Fish of 3 Ibs. and 4 Ibs. are not uncommon, and 

 on successive nights in the 1898 season a gentle- 

 man had two trout weighing 4^- Ibs. and 5 Jibs, 

 respectively. The latter was, I believe, the largest 

 fish of the year ; but I have known a trout of 7 Ibs. 

 and another of 8 Ibs. taken by trolling, the latter 

 I believe the largest taken in Windermere. On 

 the particular evenings referred to I had three 

 trout weighing I Jibs., 2 Ibs., and 2\ Ibs. For night- 



