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terns the fish is responsive to at the moment. One or 

 two patterns would suffice if the Angler could select 

 the particular species the trout are rising to without 

 trying all the patterns until he discovers the killing 

 patterns. A chef might please his master with one or 

 two of the forty courses billed if he knew what the 

 man wanted. Sometimes the Angler can judge the 

 appropriate fly to use by observing Nature in seeing 

 trout rise to the live fly; but there are times when 

 trout are not rising, times when they are tired of the 

 fly upon the water, and times when the real fly is not 

 on the wing. 



General rules are of no service without a deep 

 regard for general conditions, local and otherwise. 

 All trout must not be judged alike even if they be of 

 one species and in one little pool. Individuals of man, 

 though of one race and in one district, are not all alike 

 in their habits any more than they are in their shades, 

 shapes, and sizes. 



The conditions of the large rivers of Newfoundland 

 are different from the conditions of the small streams 

 of Maine, Long Island, and Cape Cod; hence the 

 differing desires of the trout in these differing waters. 

 There is no similarity in the quiet, tiny trout brooks 

 of Long Island and the broad torrential rivers of New- 

 foundland, and it is only natural that the fishes of 

 these deeply contrasting waters should be widely 

 separated in character instinct, desires, color, shape, 

 size, etc. So I do not hesitate to express a belief 

 that the sea trout, no matter where we find it, is just 

 our own fond fontinalis incognito. 



Between Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia, there 

 are many wild sea trout rivers where the fish have 

 never seen a human being. Angle from the middle of 



