Educated Trout Particular 



these waters wet flies tbat had been 

 favorites when used on less civilized 

 streams. 



Expert anglers who make a practice 

 of visiting such streams as the Beaver- 

 kill, Willowemoc, and Esopus, espe- 

 cially after the early weeks of spring, 

 when the water has become low and 

 clear, also seem to be unanimously of 

 the opinion that even an imitation fly, 

 tied to resemble as closely as possible 

 an insect on which the trout are accus- 

 tomed to feed, will not be taken by one 

 of the "educated" fish of these streams, 

 or similar streams, if when on or in the 

 water it does not have the same action 

 as the live insect; and that instead of 

 attracting the fish the imitation fly 

 will have an exactly contrary effect if 

 it is pulled through or across the cur- 

 rent in the manner commonly adopted 

 by some users of the sunken fly. 

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