CHAPTER XIII 



The Advantages of Stalking a 

 Trout from Behind, and Ex- 

 amples of Good and Bad Gen- 

 eralship 



ATER streams have been fished 

 for years, and the trout in them 

 are apparently scarce, very shy, 

 and extremely difficult to catch, it is 

 customary, to refer to their inhabitants 

 as "educated trout." In many of the 

 well-known New York streams, for in- 

 stance, the trout are supposed to be 

 educated to a high degree. They can 

 not be enticed by the ordinary methods 

 of the wet fly fisherman, especially in 

 the summer season, though it is in these 

 very streams that the expert with the 

 floating fly loves to match his skill 



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