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familiar to the view of the fish. They are 

 however so capricious, that they will not 

 unfrequently rise at an extremely gaudy 

 fly, which bears no resemblance to nature, 

 in preference even to a real wasp or Dra- 

 gon fly ; and it will sometimes happen that 

 a Trout-fisher with small flies, will succeed 

 in raising the fish immediately after an An- 

 gler prepared for Salmon-fishing has thrown 

 over the spot a dozen varieties of large flies. 

 The best hours of the day for this diversion 

 are from eight to eleven in the morning, and 

 from three until six in the evening. For 

 specimens of Salmon flies, see plate hi. 



In Trout fishing when Salmon frequent 

 the streams, it is necessary to use stronger 

 tackle than might otherwise be advisable. 

 An instance of the utility of this precaution 

 occurred to the author. In one morning's 

 fishing, five Salmon rose at his Trout flies, 

 two of which he succeeded in taking: the 



