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picture in our minds, plainly delineating the feed- 

 ing places of the trout. Now, this picture kept 

 before us, will be of the utmost service when we 

 come to the bigger stream, in wading which, we 

 must similarly look about us for each feeding 1 

 p^ace ; nor is it difficult to discover them if we 

 remember what we learned on the brook, which 

 in point of fact is but the miniature of the detail 

 of available water to the . fisherman on the big 

 stream. Think, then, ' you are but fishing the 

 feeding spots you saw in the brook ; these in the 

 big stream are more scattered, more widely 

 separated, and combined with' other kinds of 

 water, yet they will be found if looked for and 

 must be found if you would have sport. A good 

 fisherman may glean much instruction by an 

 occasional day on a brook. It always seemed to 

 open my eyes to some new feature, to give me 

 new hints for future application, and improve me 

 in the art of fishing even more than a day on big' 

 streams. I can strongly recommend every fisher- 

 man to pay an occasional visit to a rapid brook, 

 for instruction it is a point of discipline in the 

 education of a young fisherman absolutely neces- 

 sary, if he wishes ever to bring his art to a 

 certainty. Throughout the entire course of the 

 Bray the beetle kills well ; the little Bray indeed 

 is especially adapted to it I need say no more, 

 after having urged the importance of throwing 

 each time for some particular fish your jirind can 

 perceive lying in some exact spot. On*the Moor 

 the beetle kills well, but when the water is very 



