CHAPTER VII 

 SUNDRY CONSIDERATIONS 



OF THE RELATION OF PATTERN TO THE POSITION 

 OF TROUT, AND HEREIN OF THE TAKING OFF 

 OF WARY WILLY. 



It is perhaps a small matter which is treated under 

 this head, but anything which helps the angler to 

 a correct selection of fly is so much to the good, 

 and the point I want to make here is that the 

 haunt of a fish is an item to be taken note of in 

 deciding what items to put upon the menu to be 

 offered for his selection. For instance, if your 

 trout be in position in the middle of a fairly wide 

 stream, and that be his habitual post, it is practi- 

 cally little good giving him an imitation of any 

 insect which haunts the bank only, such as alder 

 in its season, sedge, grass-moth, or willow-fly, 

 which, on the other hand, may be tried in their 

 season, with every prospect of success, upon fish 

 under the banks. 



Well do I remember how marked this rule was 

 in its application on a day in September, 1903, on 

 a German limestone river. In the middle the 



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