CHAPTER VII. 

 NIGHT FISHING. 



THERE are many rivers where night fishing 

 during the months of June, July, and 

 August is well practised by anglers, where- 

 as during the day-time they are almost 

 deserted. During mid-summer fly-fishing 

 through the day is almost at a standstill. 

 Even with a nice ripple on the water, 

 trout cannot be induced to rise ; but they 

 take fly well at night. 



On the Eden, for example, the number 

 of rods I have seen nightly on this river 

 goes a long way to prove the success they 

 are attaining. At the same time a couple 

 of hours say, from ten o'clock until mid- 

 night passed on the banks of the river 

 is very pleasant and enjoyable, more parti- 

 cularly when the sun has full power 



