Angling Entomologists 



his favorite sport. The English ex- 

 pert is an entomologist and knows upon 

 what insects the trout feed, and as a 

 rule finds out what insect they are tak- 

 ing on that particular day and hour 

 that he is on the stream; and from his 

 fly box he selects a fly tied in exact im- 

 itation in form, size, and color of the 

 living insect. How small a part has a 

 knowledge of entomology played, as a 

 general rule, in American trout fishing! 

 The dry-fly angler endeavors to pre- 

 sent the fly to the fish in the most nat- 

 ural manner possible. He knows that 

 weak, flying insects cannot swim against 

 a current with the speed of a torpedo 

 boat, and that they do not move about 

 under the surface by starts and jerks. 

 He reasons that if a winged insect is on 

 the surface of a running stream it can 

 have but one action; that is the mo- 

 tion imparted by the current. In other 



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