158 In Pursuit of the Trout 



After lunch there is not often much doing 

 on the Clear till the sun begins to get low 

 and the shadow falls on the water, though 

 here and there, while the fly is hatching at 

 all, there is a good chance of picking up an 

 odd fish or two. In certain cool and shady- 

 spots, under the willows, at the hatches, and 

 by the small foot-bridge, a trout may very 

 often be found rising more or less steadily all 

 day at may-flies, duns, or spinners, and such 

 a fish, being a well-fed, active fellow, affords 

 the best of sport. Perhaps between five and 

 seven is the cream of the day on this stretch 

 of the Clear, as it is on many another stream. 

 In the cool and quiet of the evening the 

 bigger trout steal from their hiding-places 

 and come to the surface for a change of 

 diet. 



Though the Clear is not one of those 

 aggravating streams only good in the may- 

 fly season, it certainly contains heavy trout 

 that rarely stir at surface food at any other 

 time, and to overcome one of these rare risers 

 is a triumph second surely to few in the world 



