APRIL 75 



them as being inoffensive and to be given 

 the benefit of any doubt there may be as 

 to its species. 



In saying this I do not forget the 

 theory that an artificial fly should as 

 closely as possible resemble an insect 

 which is on the water or due to be there. 

 That I believe to be true ; but it may be 

 admitted that there are at least apparent 

 exceptions to the rule which the theory 

 denotes. Do not the trout, when dark- 

 ness falls on a summer night, rise well at 

 large lures which are not in all cases like 

 insects on the water ? On such evenings 

 the fish are excited and made rash by 

 greed, and certainly seem to be not quite 

 so critical about lures as they are at 

 ordinary times. 



At any rate, unless the water is too 

 high or too low, the Tay pool near The 

 Twin Trees on the Kenmore Koad may 

 be visited with hope on almost any April 

 day. The stipulated condition is im- 

 portant. Some pools, such as that which 

 was described at the beginning of last 



