FLY-FISHING. 291 



FLY-FISHING, AND HOW IT SHOULD 

 BE DONE. 



FLY-FISHIXG has always been, and we believe always 

 will be, the favourite method of angling ; and 

 deservedly so. Tew who have once owned its 

 sway are capable of resisting its attractions. What 

 golden memories of the past it recalls ! What bright 

 visions of the future it portrays ! And when May 

 comes, that month pre-eminently the fly-fisher's, witli 

 its bright sunny mornings and soft southern breezes, 

 once more, unencumbered with anything save a light 

 rod and small box of flies, the angler wends his way 

 to some favourite stream. Once more with elastic 

 tread he climbs the mountain's brow, and having 

 gained the summit, what a prospect meets his gaze ! 

 There, far as the eye can reach, rises into the blue 

 sky summit after summit of the heath-clad hills, 

 while underneath lie the grassy slope and luxuriant 

 meadow, the green corn-field and waving wood, and, 

 glittering and circling among all like a silver thread, 

 winds the far-stretching stream in its beauty. There 

 is nothing to break the solitude save the plaintive 

 bleating of the sheep or the cry of the moorcock. 



