easily ohtaincti from ])crsis1cnt oliscrvalion. The unmistakahk- truth 

 is this : All objects whirh can he seen by the eye should be carcfullv- 

 considered and their meaning reisoned out. 



However, though the following description of the waters at the 

 bend is slightly and ]3urposely misrepresented, it affords a. capital 

 opportunity of giving one or two striking examples of the enlightened 

 method of selecting flies. 



Here we are, then, say in the month of February, beside a deep 

 stretch of water one thousand yards in length, all of which holds fish 

 on the far side, though thirty yards away from our wading track. 

 Except at the tail end, which is fully exposed, the water is sheltered 

 from the sun's rays by a steep bank studded with high Scotch firs 

 almost from the edge of the river. The one peculiarity, which affords 

 an element of fresh interest, occurs at a place haJf way down the 

 reach. The little attractive ruffles there, plainly visible in the 

 distance, are caused by a certain number of peaks which derive their 

 origin from a mass of rock embedded in the bowels of the earth. But 

 we will proceed from the beginning and deal with these deceptive 

 little curls in their turn. 



What we have first to decide is the size of our fly. 



In considering this, it should be borne in mind that the river Dec, 

 on which the picture is drawn, carries the largest of all Spring flies 

 up to the middle of March, and even up to the end of the month if 

 the water is high and the weather unusually cold. 



(As the fact has been discredited in print, it may not be out of 

 place here to mention that the writer had the best sport at C'arlogie 

 when casting a fly exactly six inches from the bend of the liook to 

 the head. It ma\' also be said that the most minute flies are wajited 



