Fly-Fishing 23 



As tfiere are many forms of fly-fishing, so are there 

 many ways of fly-fishing for trout, and many kinds of 

 trout, the various forms of brook trout, lake trout, 

 and sea trout. 



Volumes would be required to discourse intelli- 

 gently upon all these forms of trout and fly-fishing for 

 them; so I purpose in this particular instance to 

 confine myself to one species and one form of trout 

 and one order of fly-fishing. 



The trout referred to is the true brook trout, scien- 

 tifically alluded to as Salvelinus fontinalis and com- 

 monly called, besides brook trout (its most popular 

 name), speckled trout, mountain trout, speckled 

 beauty, spotted trout, etc. 



The fly-fishing treated of is that popular form that is 

 most indulged in by the Eastern trout fly-fisherman 

 small-stream fishing in the mountains and wooded 

 level lands that ''carries us," as Davy wrote as far 

 away as 1828, "into the most wild and beautiful 

 scenery of nature to the clear and lovely streams that 

 gush from the high ranges of elevated hills." 



Above all other styles of fly-fishing, it calls for the 

 most delicate tackle and the very daintiest hand. 



"How delightful," says the author of Salmonia, 

 "in the early spring, after the dull and tedious time of 

 winter, when the frosts disappear and the sunshine 

 warms the earth and waters, to wander forth by some 

 clear stream, to see the leaf bursting from the purple 

 bud, to scent the odors of the bank perfumed by the 

 violet, and enameled, as it were, with the primrose 

 and the daisy; to wander upon the fresh turf below 

 the shade of trees, whose bright blossoms are filled 

 with the music of the bee; and on the surface of the 

 waters to view the gaudy flies sparkling like animated 



