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great majority of instances, specimens of the Welsh- 

 man's button. 



In hot weather generally there is not much fishing 



in the daytime for the fiisher- 

 Fishing in hot weather, man who is greedy and wants s/ 



to make a big bag. The dry- 

 fly man who is of a contemplative turn of mind and 

 can find the necessary patience will often succeed in 

 taking an odd good fish on the calmest and most sultry 

 days. He must wait for a rise, spot the fish as a good 

 one, and, casting at long intervals, take every precau- 

 tion to keep well out of sight and place his fly lightly 

 and accurately over the trout. The fish rising gently 

 and slowly in the full blaze of the sun are generally 

 feeding on smuts, spin ners, or winged ants, so that 

 the various patterns of black gnats and spinners , with 

 the addition of No. 28 the brown ant, should be 

 selected. 



Grayling in rivers where they are preserved should 



certainly not be killed before 

 Grayling in the summer, the middle of July, but they 



have a great tendency to in- 

 crease very rapidly and in many cases crowd out the 

 trout. Hence the policy of preserving them too 

 highly is a doubtful one. Even the best chalk-streams 

 can only provide food for a limited number of fish, 

 and any undue preponderance of grayling is sure to 

 react on the stock of trout. They take the patterns 

 advised for trout, but many good judges prefer fancy 

 patterns for them, such as the macaw tag, orange tag. 



