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and debris brought up, the Shrimps will be 

 found among the contents of the net. I 

 should strongly advise any one possessing 

 a trout stream which is not inhabited by 

 the Fresh- water Shrimp to introduce them, 

 for they are, as I have pointed out, one of 

 the very best forms of trout food. I have 

 been very successful with the imitation 

 shrimp on waters which contain the fresh- 

 water shrimp. 



This imitation has also met with general 

 condemnation of an even more decided 

 character than that of the Corixa. In 

 neither case, however, have any reasons 

 been given for the condemnation. 



As undoubtedly some of the hackle flies 

 used wet must be very like a shrimp, and 

 if the imitation shrimp is condemned, so 

 also should these hackle flies. 



LARVAE OF WATER-INSECTS, which have 

 the power of swimming in the water, are 

 best imitated by making a very taper 

 body, with a large head. They are many 

 of them small, and these should not be 

 tied on a hook larger than No. 1, new 

 size. There are, however, many larvae 



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