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FORES T A N 1) S T R E A M 
July, 1919 
“KINGFISHER” Brand, 
Braided Silk Fishing Lines 
For sale by dealers everywhere. 
\\’e make a line for every kind of * 
fishing where silk lines can be used. 
The only silk line well enough known to 
be called for by its trade-mark name. 
When you purchase “KINGFISHER” 
lines, you feel you have as good as can 
be made, because “KINGFISHER” 
lines have been famous for 37 years, 
^lore prize-winning fish have been 
caught with “KINGFISHER” lines 
than any other, bar none, and the 
makers back up these lines every inch 
of the way. 
Let ns know zvhat you fish for and we will send samples to select from. 
E. J. MARTIN’S SONS 
Makers of “KINGFISHER” Lines 
2 Kingfisher Street Rockville, Connecticut 
The Spoc^ That 
Hooks’em EveryTime ! 
The position of the HOOK is the reason. Hook 
releases when fish strikes and sudden stop when 
hook reaches end of slot sets the 
into jaw. 
Darts and dives just like a real fish. 
Catches more than any other spoon or wooden 
minnow. Great for all game fish such as Black 
Bass, Trout, Musky, Pike, Salmon, Cod, Tarpon, 
etC; Made in six sizes. Ask your dealer for 
KNOWLES AUTOMATIC STRIKER 
it postpaid. 
Fully Guaranteed. Catalog free. 
Finishes: Silver— Silver and Copper— Brass 
Length: 1%* 2Vs" 2^" 35^" 4H" SH" 
Price each 35c 35c 55c 75c 90c $1.25 
Sa £• KNOWLESf 69 Sherwood Bldg. » San Francisco, Cal. 
It*s fun to outwit these wily birds with a 
fitted to your .22 or .22 high power rifle. Send 
It deadens the report noise, reduces the for 
re:oU. and steadies your aim. Direct from It 
Dealer or Factory, $5.00. 
Write for Fru Book of Stories. 
Maxim Silencer Co. 69 Homestead Are., Hartford, Conn. 
THEORVIS MINNOW TRAP 
Price $2.50 each 
also 
Orvis Rods and Flies. High-grade fly rods 
at reasonable prices. 
C. F. ORVIS CO. 
MANCHESTER VERMONT 
During the WAR 
our Hatchery received little attention and most 
Snortsmen were thinking of other things than 
fishing; but now we are anticipating a demand 
for stocking and can offer some splendid fry for 
spring delivery, as well as a limited number of 
larger brook and rainbow trout. Eyed eggs of 
both during the season. Correspondence invited. 
PLYMOUTH ROCK TROUT CO., 
Colburn C. Wood, Supt. Plymouth, Mass. 
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NOTES ON THE 
WET FLY 
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knot may engage in the ring at the tip 
of the rod. 
The leader should be of heavy gut 
where the line is attached, and should 
be tapered to the single fly which is used, 
and in no case should more than one fly 
be presented. With a tapered leader and 
one fly the lightest of casts can be 
achieved, and a fly that falls lightly 
must be managed if many trout are to 
be taken in clear and low water. “Snell- 
ed” flies, as they are sometimes called, 
should never be used. Loops are very 
conspicuous, and particularly when a wet 
fly is cast, for when immersed a gut loop 
carries with it a flat bubble of air, which 
shines below the surface like a small 
mirror. “Eyed” flies are advocated, and 
should be attached to the delicate, last 
strand of the leader w’ith either the “jam 
knot” or the “turtle knot.” For myself, 
I use a “double jam knot,” taking two 
turns instead of one of the slender gut, 
one turn being the procedure when tying 
the ordinary or single jam knot. 
As to flies, the wet fly flsherman need 
not carry a pint of varieties. The fol- 
lowing list is known to be excellent, and 
in most waters will be found to be satis- 
factorily complete. First, and on a trout 
catching pinnacle, is the Coachman, 
plain, not with a band of red in the 
body. To this wonderful wet fly lure, 
the following should be added: Cahill, 
Queen of the Water, Beaverkill, Soldier 
Palmer, Cow Dung, Whirling Dun, and 
Grannom. For ordinary waters and clear 
streams these flies should be tied on 
number ten and number twelve hooks. 
And for late evening wet fly fishing, a 
Parmacheene Belle should be at hand, 
the latter tied on number eight or even 
as large as a number six hook. 
As only one fly is used, it is sometimes 
necessary to try out the entire list given, 
one at a time, but if trout are taking any 
insect food whatever, it is believed that 
one of the list will prove successful. 
In very low and clear water there are 
great advantages in the use of the wet 
fly. For when the water is very low and 
clear, in times of continued drought, 
trout frequently do not break the sur- 
face, but will take a sunken fly. Under 
such conditions the most stealthy ap- 
proach upstream should be made, with 
absolutely no sloshing of feet, and, 
indeed, no unnecessary movement what- 
ever. Frequently the very tail of a pool 
will give the best sport of the day, but 
sometimes the fish are found in the rapid 
water, in the riffs, and will not notice a 
fly in the still reaches. Over-long casts 
should seldom be attempted, for the im- 
portant thing, the thing which must be 
attained to bring a heavy creel from low 
water, after the stealthy approach, is 
dropping the fly so lightly that it makes 
no disturbance w'hatever. This can not 
be achieved with an over-long line, and 
in upstream wet fly fishing the stealthy 
angler will sometimes take a large trout 
within tiventy or less feet of his stand. 
If at the tail and the middle of a 
flat pool not a trout is taken, the wet 
