ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHING. 2J 



advantage. All the angler has to do is to 

 keep out of sight and get his fly on the 

 water, and he is almost certain of a rise 

 from every pool. He will also be much 

 surprised at the resistance offered by these 

 little fellows averaging five or six to the 

 pound. Burn fishing has its own charms, 

 and leads many anglers to some of our 

 wildest and most beautiful scenery. 



In burns rising and flowing through peat, 

 a grey partridge-spider, with yellow body, 

 works well. If using two flies, they should 

 not be more than two feet apart. 



SOME RELIABLE FLIES. 



The following list of flies are good 

 killers, and I have found them to work 

 well throughout the season. They are by 

 no means complete; but, from experience, I 

 think there are few days during the season 

 that one or other of them will fail to lure 

 trout. In making up a cast vary the 



