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water, knows at a glance where to cast. 

 Trout will be hovering in such places 

 in this stream as they frequent in any 

 stream well known to him. Similarly, 

 the fly of the season, which is sometimes 

 the fly of an hour, is that which trout 

 prefer. Habitual anglers anywhere are 

 usually too indolent to trouble about dis- 

 covering it ; Mr. E , I suspect, always 



has it on. The rest of successful craft 

 consists in allowing the lure to move in 

 or on the water just as an insect would, 

 in the quick sight which the Lochleven 

 champion mistook for divination, and in 

 that self-command which enables you 

 to strike delicately whenever a trout 

 touches. 



Even so, the problem is not yet com- 

 pletely solved. Mr. Bradley may say, 

 " Think of twenty anglers, of similar age 

 and of equal experience; and you will 

 find that two or three are very much 

 better than the others." Well, what of 

 that ? It only shows that men are not 

 equal in talents or in achievements. Some 



