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streams and rough broken water, and to fish these 

 successfully with the fly is very nice practice 

 indeed. The flies alone should touch the water, 

 and they should never be thrown into the main 

 current, but into nooks and eddies, and all those 

 places where the worm-fisher would look for sport, 

 and which will be indicated in a subsequent 

 chapter. The trout that will take a worm will 

 generally rise at a spider if thrown lightly over 

 it; but in fly-fishing the angler cannot capture 

 one- fourth of the trout that rise, whereas in worm- 

 fishing he can make sure of one out of two offers, 

 which accounts for the comparatively few trout in 

 the fly-fisher's basket at this season. 



In clear sunny days, trout may frequently be 

 seen basking in shallow water, which, at first 

 sight, seems scarcely sufficient to cover them. On 

 such occasions they will rise greedily at a spider, 

 if the angler keeps well out of sight, and throws 

 lightly over them ; he must also take care that the 

 shadow of his rod does not fall upon the water 

 in their neighbourhood. The capture of one will, 

 however, scare away the others, and they will not 

 return for some time. 



Trout will rarely, even in the heat of summer, 

 take fly readily early in the morning ; they gene- 

 rally commence about six, and continue taking for 

 four or five hours, when they stop for some time ; 

 commencing again in the evening, if the weather 

 is favourable. At all seasons, the forenoon is the 



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