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visit to the larger streams, We have mentioned 

 a few flies suitable to the season, in order to bring 

 the subject of fly-making before the younger 

 students in fishing, and also to say a word or two 

 about rods ; but as large stream fishing is beyond 

 the province of our present work, we are not 

 going further with our considerations on this sub- 

 ject than cursorily to allude to a few points in the 

 art of fly-fishing in early months, trusting that on 

 the subject of small stream, fishing, we may be 

 able to bring our views more conspicuously before 

 the reader. 



The style recommended for fly-fishing in rapid 

 streams, in bright weather, is not wholly applicable 

 to fishing the larger streams in the early months, 

 as we have seen that trout early in the year have 

 not the same habits or powers that they acquire 

 later in the season. In the early months we can- 

 not altogether disregard the principle of imitation ; 

 indeed, it is best to work on this principle, trust- 

 ing to our flies as imitations of the natural insects, 

 and using them in conformity to our ideas of the 

 movements and appearance of the insect itself; 

 thus adopting the more ordinarily practised sys- 

 tem of fly-fishing. At the same time we urge 

 the fisherman, whenever he has the opportunity, to 

 work as we advise on small streams ; the oppor- 

 tunity will be appreciated by general similitude 

 to the small stream, and in approaching a spot 

 which the fisherman perceives to resemble a sport- 

 ing locality on a small rapid brook, he will do best 

 to fish it just as he would on a small and rapid 



