DAYS ON THE NEPIGON. 



Those trout, exceedingly suspicious and 

 easily frightened, from almost constant asso- 

 ciation during the open season with the ex- 

 perts of angling, have developed their wan- 

 ness and circumspection to an almost incred- 

 ible degree. They have grown to be such 

 masters of foraging cunningness and resources 

 that no counterfeit presentment will pass 

 muster, unless the most artistic and convincing 

 methods are employed. On those streams 

 that instinctive wrist-movement setting the 

 steel must be practically simultaneous with 

 the rise. It is automatic. There is no time to 

 reason, for the rush must be met, not pres- 

 ently, but instantly, almost anticipated. 



The perfection of scientific angling, which 

 is with the dry or floating fly, the deadliest of 

 all styles on some waters, and the most grace- 

 ful and fascinating anywhere, would certainly 

 prove ineffectual on most parts of the Nepigon. 

 We have witnessed here adepts at that style 

 of angling, but they very reluctantly altered 

 their plans. The most accomplished one of 



them all was a thorough Englishman, who 



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