Capture of Fish. 5 1 



Leven trout, in good condition, on fine gut 

 and small irons, gives as nice a piece of play, 

 and exercise to the eye, hand, and judgment, 

 as could well be desired. 



The SEA-TEOUT is, for his size, the gamest 

 of all fish. He is bold as a lion, and fights 

 harder for his life than a salmon twice his 

 size. A fish of three pounds will run out a 

 considerable piece of line, and make a splendid 

 leap, or series of leaps, and then is the trying 

 time. As often as not, your flies and the fish 

 part company in the air, and you have to sit 

 down muttering " curses not loud but deep," 

 till an application to the flask soothes your 

 wounded spirit, and invigorates you for fresh 

 effort. A beautiful sight it is to see a sea- 

 trout rise. No half-hearted attempt is his, 

 but a determined rush for the fly, and down 

 again like thought, leaving you the tiniest part 

 of a moment to strike, and hardly time to 

 admire his beautiful silvery coat. If you have 

 been fortunate enough to get the steel into 

 him, you will have time to admire him when 

 you get him into the boat. Fishing for sea- 

 trout with the fly is, we consider, the most 

 exciting of all kinds of fishing that is, if the 



