THE FLY-FISHER'S AFTERMATH 



" THE May-fly goes out, summer comes in, 

 and trout-fishing is over." This was the 

 strong statement made to me the other day 

 by a friend who was somewhat disappointed 

 at the poor results which had attended his 

 efforts on a noted dry-fly water. I upbraided 

 him for being a pessimist, and a not strictly 

 truthful one, to boot ; but, though I would 

 be the last to admit it to his face, I am by 

 no means sure that there is not a good deal 

 of justice in his observation. I am not my- 

 self so far gone in pessimism as to assert that 

 trout -fishing is altogether over, but the 

 hammer of adversity has impressed me with 

 the fact that the glory of it is departed. 



The progress of the trout-fisher's year is 

 not unlike that of courtship. The trout is 

 as capricious as any maid, now hot, now 



