STREAM-FISHING 



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of the pools — in any place, in fact, to which they can 

 withdraw from the overwhelming rush of water. 



While stream-fishing may be pursued with profit 

 during April, the angler's basket will be heavier in May 

 than in any other month of the season. With the com- 

 ing of June the trout develop a fancy for the worm, 

 and thereafter, until August, they regard the fly with 

 unconcern ; an unconcern, however, which they display 

 only by day, since after sundown, and during the hours 

 of darkness, they still rise to the lure with avidity. 

 August brings an improvement in the prospects of the 

 fly-fisher, and September is yet more friendly to him, 

 but as by that time the fish are getting out of condition 

 their capture yields him little satisfaction. 



