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when the occasion has come, and that distinc- 

 tive rise is seen, I have never been able to 

 resist taking the Orange Quill rather than the 

 spent olive pattern out of the box where they 

 repose together. It is hard to resist three or 

 four brace. 



OF GENERAL FEEDERS, AND HEREIN OF THE 

 UNDOING OF AUNT SALLY. 



There are places in most rivers — generally, I 

 think, about the spots most frequented by man — 

 where trout establish themselves, which seem, 

 though willing enough to take duns as they come, 

 to be independent of them as a staple food, and 

 to take gaily every day and all day long, and 

 often far into the night, whatever fly-food comes 

 along, always excepting, hie^i entendu, the angler's 

 flies, however dehcately offered. Such trout are 

 readily put off their feed, but not for long, and 

 the angler, returning to the spot after a short 

 absence, may make up his mind to find his friend 

 back in position, pegging away as freely as 

 ever. Everyone has a chuck at these fish — 

 no one can resist them ; but it is a rare thing 

 for one to be caught — and the Coachman 

 may account for a few. A strong ruffle in the 

 water may enable you to take one unaware, 

 but, generally speaking, the ordinary tactics, 

 whether dry-fly or wet, are thrown away on such 

 fish, and the only chance is to fall back on some- 



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