Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



soon attacked with another pattern. 

 It happened that this was not the 

 first day that the same tactics had 

 been tried both by the writer and his 

 friends, and this particular trout had 

 gained a well-deserved reputation. To 

 make the matter worse, the author, in 

 a fit of vainglorious boasting, had made 

 arrangements at the inn that morning 

 to have this fish cooked for his dinner 

 that very evening. 



Finally, having reached a point bor- 

 dering upon total discouragement, the 

 angler sat down to take a rest and to 

 think things over. In a few minutes 

 there was a "plop," and another big 

 swirl by the stump; the trout was still 

 doing business at the same old stand, 

 but the angler had apparently closed 

 up shop and ceased to take interest in 

 the affairs going on about him. 



But in a moment he sat erect, with 



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