88 TROUT LORE 



black sally, the most taking under all conditions, 

 which is unusual. It is a good idea to have a few 

 abbeys, coachmen, royal coachmen and profes- 

 sors. 1 



I cannot close this chapter without some men- 

 tion of bait, though a lengthy discussion is im- 

 possible. There are times, after heavy rains 

 when the water is dark and muddy, or when for 

 some reason trout will not look at a fly; then to 

 resort to worms or grasshoppers, as the case may 

 be, is to turn defeat into victory. If fishing with 

 worms after a heavy rain, a single shot should be 

 attached to the leader just above the hook. Such 

 fishing is a waiting game, one that will not ap- 

 peal to the average fly-fisherman. I would not 

 vary the tackle from that advised above. 



1 1 had a rather unusual experience one year. While on my va- 

 cation I was blessed with two weeks of rain, and as a result the 

 streams were bankful of muddy, turgid water. Strange to say 

 the trout were rising to black flies, flies so dark that I could not 

 distinguish them upon the surface of the water. I never had bet- 

 ter sport, or caught such large Ash. So again an age-old theory 

 was exploded. 



