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minutes shinild bo allowed, and a smaller s])ecinien of the pattern in 

 use i)ut on ; hut aKva\ s renieuiher that a fresh fish will take a larger 

 n\- than a kelt. 



If in smooth water the rise is not of a determined nature, allow 

 ten nunutes' interval and mount a very small, showy tly. 



If a straiiLjcr to the nci;^hbourhood is able to learn the size (;thcrs 

 are fishing with, he should use a ily a trifle smaller ; but in the very 

 early season, when the weather is very cold and the water high, he 

 wmU increase his measure of success by putting on the largest pattern 

 the river carries. 



I'ishermen, as some know, acquire knowledge of tiiesc matters, 

 and mail)- others too, in the dear school of extensive experience. Vvr 

 experience teaches us what fl}' to select for the time being, and what 

 method to adopt to coumiand this or that po'A. which formerl)- we 

 passed b>- in utter ignorance and left undisturbed. Do wc not often 

 fmd in cramped situations — places in which the Overhand cast is 

 impracticable — that we have to resort to one of the more modern 

 methods to command them ? And is not this the very time to 

 iliscover that if we haven't got the tackle we love, we arc either 

 compelled to love what we have or calm ourselves by watching the 

 progress of others more wisely appointed? The well known fact 

 remains that we are always wanting something, no matter what we 

 possess, and few can say with the late Mr. Brotherton, " my riches 

 consist, not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of m_\' 

 wants." 



Tfi return to our subject. Let it be distinctly tmderstood that 

 when the n.itural fly is " uji," we have a sterent\'ped routine that 

 almost invariably acconmiodates itself to the prevailing plan of using 



