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"at home" upon the element, floating down stream with 

 their wings erect in the case of the ephemerals, like the 

 minute craft upon a marine engraving. To meet the case 

 of the fluttering land-flies, wingless or huzzy artificials 

 answer amply. With the duns the wings must be both 

 full and erect, or "cock-up" as it is sometimes designated, 

 so as to admit of the fly being kept comparatively dry for 

 some little time, when, becoming saturated, a few back- 

 ward and forward whisks of the line and rod should be 

 given before the delivery of the cast again. This is re- 

 peated whenever the flies become saturated, as by so 

 doing the trouble of repeatedly changing the lure is 

 greatly lessened. 



Fly-fishing in brooks is practised much the same as in 

 large and more open waters. Where the banks of narrow 

 water are clear of encumbrances, the rodster should fish 

 some distance away, so as to avoid needlessly exposing 

 the person and purpose. The flies for brooks and tribu- 

 taries of good "trouting" streams should be somewhat 

 larger than those used for the main streams, to enable the 

 fisherman to land his prey safely and quickly, as, where 

 the water is turbulent and confined, the fish have greater 

 chances of breaking away. Often the least leniency will 

 be rewarded by an entanglement with sticks or roots of 

 trees; playing in these circumstances is, therefore, not to 

 be considered for an instant. The flies here alluded to 

 are suitable for discolored waters generally, the hook, 

 hackle, and wing being somewhat larger to withstand 

 rough usage. The same order of land and water insects 

 appear upon all running waters containing trout or gray- 

 ling, no matter where situated; nevertheless, some ang- 

 lers will persist in presenting upon all and every occasion, 

 a wonderful fly or two which is said to kill upon that 

 river only. For our part, we may state, that we never 

 make any distinction in our list of flies, no matter what 

 river we may cast over. We have often heard the phrase 



