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the fish as a rule feed under the water, only occasionally 

 coming to the top to suck in a fly. These lakes abound 

 with shell fish and molluscs of minute size, which serve as 

 food for the trout. In many of the Scotch Highland lochs 

 good sport is obtained all the year round. The fish are not 

 large, but they are plentiful, and easily caught. When fly 

 fishing in a lake, do not draw the flies against the wind; but, 

 on the contrary, let the wind, in lieu of a stream, take the flies 

 before it. Sinking the fiV in a bad-rising lake is sometimes 

 useful, and by putting a small shot at the head of the fly it 

 will go down easily, and should then be lifted with short 

 jerks. When a good curl is on the water, there is a fair 

 chance of hooking a large trout with a fly. The fly in this 

 case may be a bright one, and tied on a No. 4 or 5 hook. 

 A Berthon boat, being easily transported overland, gives 

 many a good day on a mountain lake which without this 

 means of locomotion would be a terra incognita to many an 

 angler. It takes one to manage the boat and land the fish, 

 while the other lies on his side and angles. Changing 

 places in these boats is a ticklish job, and requires some 

 care to prevent an upset. 



Lake TPOUt Flies are from two to four sizes larger 

 than the ordinary river trout flies, and are generally bright 

 coloured. The bodies are composed of red, orange, yellow, 

 blue, brown, black, green, mauve, and crimson wools, mo- 

 hair, or seal's fur, and generally tinselled. Wings: Grouse, 

 woodcock, teal, mallard, white tip, pheasant, bloe, &c. 

 Legs : Black, blue, red, and Coch-y-bondu cock's hackles. 

 Tails : Golden pheasant topping. The condition of the 

 water and the amount of wind prevailing regulate to a great 

 extent the colour of the fly. As a rule trout, if they are in 

 a taking humour in a lake, are not very particular as to Ihe 



