156 In Pursuit of the Trout 



o'clock both mornings, hurriedly lunched in 

 sheltered spots, and did not leave the water 

 till the oncomino; of ' dark-hour.' But if the 

 Clear had its attractions then, how much 

 more does it draw us now, when the season 

 is clothed and in her right mind, and it is 

 possible, even tempting, in between the rises 

 to lie down at some excellent spot and scan 

 the water carefully for the ring or dimple 

 which gives away the secret of the lair of a 

 feeding trout ! A little later on the may-fly 

 will be out most of the day in its myriads, but 

 now it seems to appear in only fair quantities 

 at intervals of several hours, and I am not sure 

 that this is not the best time for the angler. 

 The trout, after partaking largely of the in- 

 sect under water and before it has assumed its 

 winged form, have turned their attention to 

 the floating insect, and they are possibly a 

 good deal keener than they will be in a few 

 days' time after ' the glut.' 



That bend yonder, where the stream, after 

 a sluggish course of a hundred yards or so, 

 breaks into a gentle current, strongest under 



