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quite recent invention, and imported by our principal fishing- 
tackle houses. A cape of water-proof silk may be carried in 
the pocket, and put on as a protection to the shoulders in 
case of a shower, as it is not too warm and does not impede 
casting. 
Trouting on Long Island is the most artistic angling that 
Ihave ever seen practiced, either in Europe or America. The 
trout there appear to have learned to detect many of the an- 
gler’s artitices. Fly-fishing is there practiced near the estu- 
aries of streams, where they are influenced by the tides, so 
that in flood tide the fisher begins below and casts along as 
the tide makes, as fur up the stream as the trout feed; and 
when the tide turns, the angler fishes along down with the 
tide and the feeding fish. There being little protection to 
veil the angler from the tenants of the stream, it is necessary 
that he keep far back from the bank, which necessitates long 
casts, and frequently the first intimation which the angler 
receives of a bite is the gushing and slapping rise of the fish, 
and the tremulously nervous resistance at the end of his line; 
then approaches the play and the contest, when light—but 
finely-constructed—tackle tells. Deftly and gingerly are the 
words, for Long Island trout are not to be trifled with. The 
rod should be permitted to do its duty, and the angler be 
neither impatient nor excited. Anglers who have never vis- 
ited Long Island are comparatively innocent of the real zest 
of trouting; for, without being annoyed with stinging and 
biting flies, the trout are as large and as free from rust or the 
effects of discolored waters as are those of the estuaries on 
the coast of Maine or along the Gulf of St. Lawrence. On 
the island they run from a quarter to three pounds in weight, 
sometimes more, and are in the highest state of succulent ad- 
iposity. The climate is charming, surroundings most invit- 
ing, hotels where good cheer greets the sportsman through- 
out the year. I love Long Island, and venerate its trout 
streams, 
