CHAPTER VII 



NIGHT FLY AND BUSTARD FISHING 



SOMETIMES before, but generally at the end of 

 May, when the day-time fly-fishing begins to go off, 

 night fishing comes on. The time is governed a 

 good deal, on the Eden and Eamont, by the period 

 at which the creeper begins to crawl towards the 

 banks of these rivers. 



As soon as this stone-fly nymph is seized with a 

 desire to seek dry land, and cast its suit of armour, 

 the trout are on the watch for it. As it creeps from 

 stone to stone on its perilous path, it occasionally 

 gets washed off its feet, and it is at such times that 

 the trout seize it. The taste of this big, luscious 

 morsel seems to put the trout off ordinary small fly 

 food for the time being, and, on account of the 

 great gorge it provides, even for a few days after it 



is over. 



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