DAYS ON THE NEPIGON. 



year's catch, to console and encourage you, for 

 you can speedily produce your own true story. 



A man cannot, by taking thought, add a 

 cubit, nor even an inch to his height; but 

 what he cannot add quicker than thought to 

 the dimensions of a trout would beggar de- 

 scription. On the Nepigon there is no occa- 

 sion for exaggeration; these colossal mon- 

 sters speak for themselves and leave you with 

 a clear conscience (if you insist upon it and 

 care for that sort of thing) . 



It is not altogether fly-fishing here. Indeed, 

 at times it is largely bait, at other times both 

 fly and bait. Late in the season fly-fishing 

 reaches its perfection; and that most grace- 

 ful and artistic style of angling is infinitely 

 preferable to all other methods, gripping and 

 holding more effectively. Still there are oc- 

 casional days and places when its results are 

 scarcely perceptible; and then sentiment or 

 vanity or prejudice against the minnow ought 

 not to prevail, and rarely does. 



On smooth waters the bait, of whatever 

 description, would have to be cast, requiring 



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