208 AN ANGLER'S SEASON 



ply. These rules, set down mainly in 

 relation to salmon, hold good as regards 

 the seatrout. Seatrout flies are smaller 

 than salmon flies ; but they are similar 

 to these in being one of man's random 

 inventions. As a rule seatrout and 

 salmon are alike uninterested either in 

 the insects native to the fresh waters or 

 in lures in imitation of those insects. 

 Indeed, when fishing on some large river, 

 one frequently finds the seatrout attracted 

 by salmon flies almost as readily as they 

 are attracted by the smaller flies designed 

 for themselves. This suggests that in 

 the salt water or in the estuaries salmon 

 and seatrout have certain articles of 

 food in common, creatures that the flies 

 resemble. 



The Lammas flood is the herald of an 

 exhilarating time. It washes the dust 

 from the world, freshens the winds, and 

 restores body and spirit to the streams. 

 What fairer sight than a full -flowing 

 clean river alive with salmonkind fresh 

 from the sea? The spectacle and the 



