Il6 SUMMER ANGLING 



Of course all likely spots must be covered, 

 whether they lie down or up stream, — quiet cor- 

 ners and eddies ; the edges and, in early summer, 

 the centre of swift-running streams ; beneath 

 dams ; near old sunken trunks of trees or logs ; 

 near to springs and cool incoming streams ; and 

 though no special time of the day can absolutely 

 be set apart, yet early morning and late afternoon 

 are generally found most fruitful of sport in trout 

 fishing. 



Nor is the night-time to be despised in mid- 

 summer. During the excessive heat of the day no 

 fish will bite ; but if the moon be on the ascend- 

 ant, or even on the decline, providing it be not too 

 bright, trout will rise to the fly very satisfactorily 

 in the night. Indeed, the fact that no fish are 

 so easily taken in the daytime whilst there are 

 moonlight nights, may be assumed to be because 

 the fish find food plenteously at night-time, and 

 therefore have no room for it in the daytime ; or, 

 at least, do not feel so eager as they otherwise 

 would do. For night fishing large flies are best ; 

 a large Brown Hackle or Coachman is a capital 

 lure, and it can be cast into the water with some 

 splashing, for the purpose of attracting the fish's 



