Feeding Fish Fastidious 



fly that something more than make 

 is necessary; that under certain cir- 

 cumstances an imitation of the action 

 of the natural fly is indispensable, and 

 that when that action is not supplied, 

 as in the present case, success cannot 

 be had. But Piscator should reflect, 

 and the seeming mystery would be un- 

 folded thus: The fish are feeding, as 

 they delight to do, upon flies ephem- 

 eral, and have, perhaps, as the season 

 advanced, become somewhat fastidious 

 in their selection of particular species. 

 Well, at the time in question, the line 

 of fish in the stickle under the oppo- 

 site bank aforesaid are gastronomi- 

 cally moved toward a certain species of 

 the class of flies referred to, every one 

 of which is characterized by the habit 

 of floating upon the surface of the water 

 in reverse of the phryganidae, which 

 generally hover above it and flit about 



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