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was very indignant at the imposition that had 

 been put upon him, and turned several somersaults 

 in the air, and altogether put up quite a good fight 

 for a fish of his ounces, which numbered twenty- 

 five. I had, however, steered him carefully, so 

 that his antics should not disturb William, and I 

 approached that worthy's holt with a modest con- 

 fidence that William stood in the way of getting 

 a surprise. But William was not there, William 

 never came back. He couldn't. He was dead, 

 and in my friend's landing-net. But it was several 

 days before remorse began to work in me, for it 

 was not till a week or so later that my friend told 

 me of the disappearance of Wary Willy. But 

 Willy had always been fished with duns. He 

 knew all the patterns of Holland and Chalkley and 

 Ogden Smith, but never had he had cause to suspect 

 the genuineness of a sedge — and so good-bye Willy ! 



OF THE USE OF SPINNERS DURING THE RISE OF 

 DUNS, AND HEREIN OF THE VAGARIES OF THE 

 BLUE-WINGED OLIVE. 



" The Red Quill," says Mr. F. M. Halford, " is 

 one of the sheet-anchors of the dry-fly fisherman 

 on a strange river when in doubt." Never was a 

 truer word spoken. Mr. Englefield of Winchester, 

 I believe, conducted the experiment of confining 

 himself to the Red Quill (in a variety of sizes and 

 shades, and with and without the addition of gold 

 and silver tags) for a whole season, and did as 



