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every Mayfly season proves that anew but I 

 do not think that a wet fly, even several times 

 offered, affects them nearly so much. They may 

 not take it, but they seem to go on feeding unper- 

 turbed. And in any case it is a relief from dry-fly 

 hammering, and so may even tend to improve the 

 prospects of the dry fly when the fish are really on 

 surface food. Time may show what the truth of 

 the matter is. 



