So ALL ABOUT TROUT FISHING. 



How TROUT RISE AT NIGHT. 



Trout generally take the fly very quickly 

 after sunset at the same time meaning to 

 have it and the rise of a fish is seldom 

 seen until he is hooked. Frequently they 

 will jump once or twice out of the water 

 before settling down to fight. Trout 

 should be thoroughly played out before 

 attempting to land when night-fishing, and 

 it is safer to land on the side of the river 

 than in a landing-net, as they always seem 

 to reserve a last effort, and it is annoying 

 to find your dropper-fly fast in your 

 landing-net or waders and the fish gone. 



One evening two seasons ago I was 

 fishing, and had succeeded in hooking a 

 noble two-pounder which, by the way, 

 I put the fly over half a score of times. 

 Fully ten minutes did I devote to this fish, 

 he feeding all the while. When I tried 

 to land him in my net he made a final 

 dash away, and I found, to my regret, the 



