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LITTLE TALKS ABOUT FLY-FISHING.—II. 
Continued from 'page 141. 
ably those mentioned for landlocked salmon, on 
No. 6, 3 and i hooks would be enough with the 
black and brown fairies. The blue doctor, Beau¬ 
fort moth, silver gray and bull dog might be 
added to give greater variety. The Beaufort 
moth is our old friend, the white-winged coach¬ 
man with a yellow tag and golden pheasant crest 
tail. I tied one before I ever heard of the 
Beaufort and gave it to a friend who killed two 
salmon and a grilse on it, the only fish he got. 
The curious part of it is that the first salmon, 
14pounds, was killed with the dry fly. My 
friend knew nothing of fly-fishing and got out 
the line in such a way that it was slack in the 
water. The fly floated down with its wings 
cocked, resembling a little yacht, he said. The 
salmon came up and made more than one at¬ 
tempt to take it before he succeeded. Then the 
angler struck violently and broke his borrowed 
rod in two places. The Indian came to his as¬ 
sistance and two hours and a quarter of great 
excitement followed before the fish was gaffed. 
What fun it would have been to have had a re¬ 
served seat for the entire performance. 
Sometimes it is very interesting to see a good 
fly-fisher at work, but after a time one wishes to 
grasp the rod himself. It is rather annoying to 
"have spectators overlooking our sport. We 
prefer to be alone with nature, with perhaps one 
good friend somewhere in the same stream. It 
is pleasant to have a chum to lunch with and to 
share the homeward tramp. Then perhaps we 
realize for the first time that we are weary and 
the miles are not so long if we can chat and 
rehearse the striking events of the day. 
For stream fishing the hook most used is No. 
10, but Nos. 8 and 12 are favorites with many. 
As the water lowers and the days become warm 
we often find it necessary to reduce, the size of 
our flies and it is well to be provided with a 
few patterns on No. 14 .and 16 hooks. There 
are two scales employed by manufacturers of 
hooks. One begins at 000, the smallest size, 00, ■ 
and o next, then No. 1 up to about 17 or larger. 
The other scale begins at No. 18 smallest and 
runs up to No. 1. The sizes above No. 1 are 
o, 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 up to about 9-0 or 10-0. This 
seems rather mixed until one becomes ac¬ 
customed to it, and we never feel safe unless we 
say No. 10 old, No. 5 new style in asking for 
hooks in a shop where we are unknown. 
There is a strange charm about the use of 
tiny flies and very fine tackle, particularly for 
trout of large size. The means to the end seem 
so frail and inadequate, yet it is astonishing how 
much can be done with the finest gossamer 
casts if they are made of fresh, sound drawn 
gut. The'great danger is in the strike. Any¬ 
thing like a sharp jerk is fatal. If the strain is 
steady quite a heavy pull will be safely endured 
in water where there are few dangerous obstruc¬ 
tions. Some of the large brown trout are very 
cunning and will take advantage of any rocks, 
stumps or water-logged branches. The. fairest, 
most heedless of all the trout warriors is prob¬ 
ably the rainbow. He fights desperately, but has 
no tricks as far as my experience goes. We can 
onlv speak of fish as we have known them and 
trout are kittle cattle. I remember one pool 
where the‘'trout only rose well between 2 and 3 
o’clock in the afternoon. I had tried the place 
many times before I became aware of this. . Not 
far below was a small deep hole from which. I 
had never taken a trout. One day I saw a rise 
in it at a tiny insect, of which a good many 
were to be seen. Putting up a dun on a No. 16 
hook, I killed two trout, the first 12 and the 
second 18 inches long. Of course I fished this 
spot many times thereafter, but never caught 
another trout in it, large or snlall. In a low 
stage of water trout are very shy and secretive 
and are wonderfully successful in hiding them¬ 
selves away. At such times one may form a 
very poor opinion of a stream that is really well 
stocked. In re-stocking a water that has been 
depleted, yearling trout will give much better 
results than fry, even if the number is very * 
much smaller. One often hears of the good 
sport enjoyed in old streams that for years had 
been considered worthless for angling. The 
