MARCH 59 



your basket do bear witness to your skill 

 in " playing " a fish ; but they do not 

 necessarily bear witness to any exceptional 

 skill in bringing him to the lure. 



At certain times of the season it is the 

 large trout that are most readily hooked. 



The times to which I specially allude 

 are spring and the period after the flood 

 which usually comes about the middle of 

 August. These are the times when the 

 trout rise at fly most freely. They rise 

 well in spring because then they have to 

 recuperate after spawning, and they rise 

 well as autumn approaches because then 

 the rapidly - developing roe is making 

 great demands upon their constitutions. 

 Now, "how does the angler fare in 

 spring ? 



Here, to prevent misunderstanding, 

 we must distinguish. While it is true 

 that trout at large rise most freely in 

 spring and as autumn approaches, it is 

 true, also, that all classes of trout in any 

 stream do not invariably rise at the same 

 time. Sometimes it is only the smaller 



