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that the trout disdain them as they go, or 

 as they come upwards when the eggs are 

 laid ? Is it not much more reasonable to 

 suppose that it is then, when the flies are 

 under the surface, that the fish indulge 

 in their occasional luxury ? 



This thought is strikingly supported 

 by the fact, on which I have dwelt, that, 

 although flies on the surface attract the 

 trout to rise, they are often left there 

 when the fish have gone. Indeed, the 

 evidence I have quoted is practically a 

 complete scientific demonstration that, if 

 the purpose of angling is to catch trout, 

 the Dry Fly doctrine, far from being in 

 accord with the teaching of Nature, is 

 flatly repudiated by the all-wise Dame. 

 The lures should be allowed to dip below 

 the surface. 



The evidence is from no dubious source. 

 The quotation within the third paragraph 

 is from the writings of the Rev. A. E. 

 Eaton, of the Entomological Society of 

 London, who is described as "the first 

 living authority on the Ephemeridae " ; 



