102 AN ANGLER'S SEASON 



Wilson, "Christopher North," was not 

 prepared to enter upon discussion of a 

 problem so profound. The only opinion 

 to which he would commit himself was 

 that the flies to be successfully used on 

 Derculich must be large, and that the 

 trout liked them to be black in the body. 



Well, he was right. The first rise was 

 at his cast, and when the trout, fully 1 lb., 

 was in the landing-net, it was seen to 

 have taken a large Junglecock-and-Black. 

 The next rise also was to my friend, and 

 again it was the Junglecock that scored. 

 The third rise and the fourth, one to 

 him and the other to myself, were 

 simultaneous. Mr. Wood's fish was on 

 a large Teal-and-Black ; mine, consider- 

 ably smaller, was on a Saltoun, which is 

 a dun with a black body ribbed in silver. 



Lest these hasty statistics should make 

 it appear that sport was brisk, let me 

 mention that it was rather slow. Not 

 a single rise had either of us had while 

 James Stewart, faithful guide on many 

 such a day, was rowing us from the boat- 



