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ated, both upon the banks and beneath the surface of 

 the water. 



Fly-fishing at twilight and afterwards is prohibited, 

 and justly so, in some districts. The deadly nature of 

 the practice presents no recommendations to the true 

 sportsman; nevertheless, where the water is over-run 

 with excessively large fish, whose acquired wariness pro- 

 hibits them from surface feeding during the day, they 

 may with perfect honesty of purpose be legitimately 

 extracted at such times as they may deign to dine. The 

 cast for night fishing should not exceed two yards, the 

 gut being of medium thickness, though round and with- 

 out flaw or blemish. One fly is ample to fish with, 

 though upon a moonlight night, the usual trio may be 

 used with the three-yards lash. When the evening 

 shades gather and deepen, the fish will be found to rise 

 more upon the verge of the shadow thrown upon the 

 water by high banks, or foliage situate near. We do not 

 commend the use of salmon casts and swivelled monster 

 moths, etc. This may be all very well in peculiar sur- 

 roundings, when the night is densely dark and the water 

 well lined with sticks and piles, but under these circum- 

 stances we must confess to seeing sport only in name. 

 In point of sport and true diversion, there is certainly 

 more in the gloaming of evening when the moonbeams 

 "silver the landscape o'er," rendering the surrounding 

 objects almost as bright as when under the orb of day. 

 Then may the fly-fisher consciently ply his art upon fair 

 vantage ground and with a clear conscience. 



The flies to be used are the largest and heaviest of the 

 day flies, such as the large browns, cinnamon, and stone 

 flies. The first-named form admirable copies of the 

 small grass moths, so prevalent late in the summer's 

 evening. The usual night lures, such as the large moths 

 of the customary shades, the coachman and the cater- 

 pillar, may be used with success in the way alluded to. 



