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when the fly is taken under water, there is the faintest 

 little heave of the silver of the surface, but as the hook 

 goes home the resistance is apt to be magnificent. 



Curiously enough, the blue- winged olive is seldom taken 

 on the surface during the daytime, and when it is its 

 artificial imitation is still less frequently accepted, but I 

 have had excellent sport with a well-sunken nymph. On 

 rare occasions I have found the female spinner on the water 

 early in the morning, and the big fish busy. When she 

 shows up of an evening it is with her blue bag of eggs 

 attached. 



The May fly has gone from my stretch of Itchen; but if 

 I had to choose whether I would exchange for its return 

 the blue-winged olive, my answer would, without hesita- 

 tion, be " Not at any price.' ' 



