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who sought the shelter of my "Big-Birch" camp 

 in a heavy downpour near midnight. And 

 when I was leaving Liberty for home one day 

 later, the catch was confirmed by the baggage 

 agent at the railway station, who said the fish 

 had been brought to Liberty to be mounted; 

 so anglers visiting this neighborhood next Spring 

 doubtless can have the rare opportunity of 

 verifying one big-fish story. How would you 

 like to read an authoritative and complete 

 autobiography of such a trout? 



Wet or Dry Fly? Hackles. Considering all 

 seasons, weathers, and waters, both native and 

 brown trouts, more fish will be caught on the 

 wet than on the dry fly, but the latter method 

 is likely to take larger brown than native trout, 

 it is preeminently the late-season method, and 

 it is the more artistic; here is the gist of the 

 whole matter. 



Good dry flies are: Alder, Black Gnat, Pale 

 Evening (Watery) Dun, Whirling Dun, Yellow 

 Dun, Spent Gnat (both male and female), 

 Jennie Spinner, Hare's Ear Dun, Wickham's 

 Fancy, Red Spinner, March Brown, Silver 

 Sedge, May-fly (Green Drake), Cowdung, Cin- 

 namon, Iron Dun. In addition to patterns in- 

 cluded in this list, Mr. George M. L. La Branche, 

 our foremost American dry-fly expert, notes 

 among his favorites: Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear, 

 Flight's Fancy, Willow, Mole, Black Hackle, 

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