38 FLIES AND FLY FISHING. 



he is again," and there was evidently the fish I had just 

 lost, in exactly the same position as he had been before 

 being hooked. I threw over him again ; the first time he 

 seemed uneasy and did not rise ; at the second throw he 

 came, but short ; but the third time he took the fly fairly 

 and rushed down stream. I played him until one of my 

 companions procured a net from a neighbouring house, 

 and splicing it to a pole, we landed him He was a beauti- 

 ful fish, just one pound and three-quarters weight, and a 

 remarkably short thick fish. 



Here was a fish being played for some ten minutes, and 

 then being pulled up through the air a distance of some 

 eight feet, falling back that distance into the water, and 

 yet returning immediately to his old haunt and re-com- 

 mencing feeding. There could be no doubt about its being 

 the same fish, as we had every opportunity of remarking 

 his peculiar shape, size, and general appearance, during 

 the time he was first hooked. 



It is always a curious thing to remark that if you take 

 one trout from some favorite haunt, his place is almost 

 immediately filled up by a fresh fish. 



In writing on trout fishing, I have not alluded to night 

 fishing, which is carried on now-a-days to a shameful 

 extent. On several rivers, where professional fishermen 



