CHAPTER XV 



Artificial Dry-Flies and a Few 

 Words About the Living Eph- 

 emeridce 



IT seems reasonable to suppose that 

 almost any one with an analytical 

 mind, whether a fisherman or not, 

 would assent readily to the proposition 

 that a trout, when in a mood to feed 

 on insects, would be more inclined to 

 take an artificial fly closely resembling 

 the natural insects upon which it has 

 been accustomed to feed, than a lure 

 bearing no resemblance to any living 

 thing. Those who pretend to believe 

 in a contrary theory sometimes en- 

 deavor to clinch their argument tri- 

 umphantly by saying that "a trout is 

 not an entomologist" \ How absurd to 

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