CHAPTER V 



ARE TROUT CUNNING? 



England and Scotland — The Scotsman's Better For- 

 tune and Less Keen Interest — Scorn for " Fancy 

 Flies " — Midges Everywhere — Mr. John Gilbert's 

 WonderM Basket — His Large Flies— "No Rise/' 

 Yet Good Sport — Trout have Unmistakable 

 Preferences — The Fish are Not Capricious — Do 



they Become Wary ? — T J B and 



his Chalk-stream — The Adventure of Mr. T 



— • The Forbidden but Instructive Otter — 

 " Wariness " Apparently an Illusion — Sugges- 

 tions towards Accurate Knowledge — A Memor- 

 able Morning. 



Flies are better understood in England 

 than they are in Scotland. That, per- 

 haps, is mainly because opportunities to 

 use them are much more frequent in 

 Scotland than in England. Even as 

 many thousands of Londoners are un- 

 familiar with historical buildings in the 

 Capital, dwellers in regions where fish- 

 ing is to be had for the taking or the 



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