50 SALMONIA. 



Now I think I see a large trout rise below 

 that alder. 



HAL. That is not a trout, for he rises in 

 a different place now, and is probably a large 

 roach or chub ; do not waste your time upon 

 him. You may always know a large trout 

 when feeding in the evening. He rises con- 

 tinuously, or at small intervals, in a still 

 water almost always in the same place, and 

 makes little noise barely elevating his 

 mouth to suck in the fly, and sometimes show- 

 ing his back-fin and tail. A large circle 

 spreads around him, but there are seldom 

 any bubbles when he breaks the water, which 

 usually indicate the coarser fish : we will wait 

 a few minutes ; I know there must be trout 

 here, and the sun is setting, and the yellow 

 fly, or dun cut, coming on the water. See, 

 beneath that alder is a trout rising, and now 

 there is another thirty yards higher up. Take 

 care ; get your line out in another part of the 

 water, and in order, for reaching the fish, and 

 do not throw till you are sure you can reach 

 the spot, and throw at least half a yard above 

 the fish. 



