Floating Deception Wins 



the appearance of a man who had 

 solved a great and weighty problem. 

 An idea had suddenly flashed through 

 his mind! A tiny japanned vest-pocket 

 eyed-fly box lay open before him, and 

 he was gazing intently at its long neg- 

 lected contents. There were within 

 this box little whirling duns, Wick- 

 ham's fancies, Jenny spinners, black 

 gnats and coachmen all beautifully 

 tied English floating flies. He selected 

 a whirling dun, which has ever since 

 been one of his favorite lures. It was 

 carefully knotted to the filmy leader, 

 and a moment after the, next rise of the 

 fish it was floating in the centre of the 

 swirl with wings erect. Then some- 

 thing took place that had not happened 

 before in this spot that season, so far 

 as records showed; the old trout had 

 sucked in the little dun, apparently 

 without the slightest suspicion that it 



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