VII. 



ON many streams, angling, like medicine, 

 is an exact science. Not on these rapids, how- 

 ever, where it is simply seeking the monsters 

 and catching them fairly. If you are only in- 

 tent on matching your wits and skill against 

 the trout's natural wariness, don't visit the 

 Nepigon. For the Nepigon trout is an un- 

 sophisticated countryman, who has never com- 

 prehended the significance of a slender fly-rod 

 shadow falling across his lurking place. The 

 tread of the angler on the bank, the dropping 

 of an anchor or the flash of a paddle, conveys 

 no warning. He never realizes until too late 

 the difference between the genuine insect fall- 

 ing helpless on the water and the imitation 

 offered him with deadly intent. He rushes 

 headlong into dangers his better educated 

 brothers of smoother and quieter streams 

 would instantly detect and avoid. 



