FLIES. 175 



SIXTH DAY. 



HALIEUS POIETES ORNITHER PHYSICUS. 



MORNING. 



HAL. WELL met, my friends ! It is a fine 

 warm morning, there is a fresh breeze, the 

 river is in excellent order for fishing, and I 

 trust our good behaviour yesterday will ensure 

 us sport to-day. There must be a great many 

 fresh run fish in the pool; and after twenty- 

 four hours' rest, some of those that were in- 

 disposed to take on Saturday evening, may 

 have acquired appetite. Prepare your tackle, 

 and begin : but whilst you are preparing, I will 

 mention a circumstance which every accom- 

 plished fly fisher ought to know. You changed 

 your flies on Saturday with the change of 

 weather, putting the dark flies on for the 

 bright gleams of the sun, and the gaudy flies 

 when the dark clouds appeared : now, I will 

 tell you of another principle, which it is as 



