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are holders of season tickets during the summer months, 

 they often do not commence fishing until very late, and 

 often do not leave off until one, two, or even three o'clock 

 in the morning. Night fishing utterly ruins day fishing, 

 and as there cannot be the slightest vestige of sport in 

 fishing after the light is gono, it is poaching pure and 

 simple without anything that can excuse it. 



When fishing very early in the morning, I generally 

 prefer the minnow if allowable as at that time the 

 regular flies have not come out, but if you are fishing 

 with fly at five or six o'clock in the morning, do not 

 use the same flies you would in the daytime, with the 

 exception of the blue dun, but some of the general flies, 

 Hoffland's fancy, and flies, Nos. 3 and 6, are the best 

 early morning flies. 



LAKE FISHING. 



IN lakes, the best parts are usually close to the shores or 

 round islands, also at the mouth of a stream or brook 

 running into a lake should always be tried. 



When fishing from a boat, let it float with, and also 

 fish with the wind. There is not much use fishing a lake 

 except when there is a breeze ; it is best when it is blowing 

 fresh Fish on lakes seldom feed persistently on one fly 



