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each stream, for I have known streams good in 

 the morning while others, even near, were not at 

 their best until late in the afternoon. It can be 

 set down as a general rule that trout fishing is 

 seldom good at midday. Personally I am not 

 an advocate of early rising; I have never made 

 much of a catch before seven o'clock in the morn- 

 ing. Probably it would be different in lake 

 fishing, but of that I may not speak from wide 

 experience. From seven to eleven, and again 

 from three to night-fall are my favorite periods 

 of the day. When it comes to night fishing 

 but that deserves a separate chapter and will be 

 treated later. After all, good Father Izaak's 

 word, quoted in opening this chapter, "There is 

 no good horse of a bad color," is as applicable to 

 the time of day as to the weather. Good 

 weather is when trout bite, speaking from the 

 fisherman's view-point. 



