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CHAPTER XL 



MISCELLANEOUS SUGGESTIONS. 



No method of fly-fishing possesses the charm of wading. 

 Through scenes where Nature shows her utmost loveli- 

 ness the trout-stream takes its way, itself a jewel mir- 

 roring in its bosom every detail of its faultless setting. 

 Deep shadows, gemmed with specks of sunshine, cover 

 the water. Stately trees, graceful ferns and flowers, and 

 mossy rocks line its banks. Every turn of the stream is 

 a new picture, varied in detail but uniform in beauty 

 at once the delight and the despair of the artist. The 

 cool damp air gives new life and vigor to lungs charged 

 with the foul vapors of city life, while over all the mur- 

 mur of the living water proclaims here is peace. 



It may happen to the angler to wander far, and cast 

 his fly upon many waters. But no matter what success 

 attends his efforts elsewhere, his memory still delights 

 to linger, above all, on the quiet beauties of those happy 

 days, when youth and he wandered hand -in -hand to- 

 gether down the murmuring stream. Not only is it in 

 every way the most delightful, since every sense is fed, 

 but it is at the same time the most artistic method of 

 fly-fishing. 



He who thinks to have much sport with the fly at the 

 expense of the trout of the much fished brooks and 

 streams of the New England and Middle States, must 

 bring every resource of his art to bear, and that from a 



