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and Grey Drakes also answer admirably. 

 Of course much stronger gut may be em- 

 ployed in the darkness, and the angler is 

 not required to throw such a long line. 

 I advocate the use of two flies to avoid 

 the chances of ravelling. 



HEAVY TROUT AT NIGHT. 



The heaviest trout are often captured in 

 night fishing, and when you have the luck 

 to hook a good one, instantly raise the 

 point of your rod and keep it up, and ever 

 up. Never let out more line than you 

 can possibly help, and to this end follow 

 your fish up, down, or across stream, 

 keeping as close to him as you can. If 

 you simply stand still and let him run, it 

 is ten to one you lose him. In playing a 

 big fish always try to keep a large portion 

 of the gut clear of the water. 



Good trout often feed close into the 

 banks and the shallow sides of pools; 

 therefore, these quarters should be care- 



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