IO ALL ABOUT TROUT FISHING. 



A SAFE RULE. 



It is always advisable in low and clear 

 waters, when possible, to fish up stream, 

 and in the early months, while fly-fishing, 

 you need have very little fear of being 

 bothered with parr, those pests of down- 

 stream fishers. In fact, when I see a 

 brother-angler fishing down stream I always 

 think it is a good thing for the trout. 

 Copy Nature, and produce flies a shade 

 smaller in preference to larger than the 

 natural insect. 



Do not be afraid to sink your flies, and 

 give preference to spider dressing, also 

 look carefully to the fineness of the gut. 

 Bushy, heavily-dressed flies are objection- 

 able, as trout are, like human beings, 

 more easily attracted by the elegant and 

 slim. Keep in mind, trout are the keenest- 

 eyed of fishes a mere shadow, or an un- 

 natural ripple in wading, being sufficient 



