March, 1923 
gun, than one containing 1 or ounces. 
A session or two at artificial marks 
will soon show whether you are one of 
those who can effectively use a charge 
like 3j4 or 3^2—ounces or whether 
you should stick to a light, snappy 
charge like or 3 drams and 1 ounce. 
The velocities over a 40-yard range 
of a load of 3 drams, 1 ounce, and one 
of 3% drams and 1% ounces, are prac¬ 
tically identical—with any size shot. 
A pellet from one load will give ex¬ 
actly the same penetration as a pellet 
of the same size from the other. There¬ 
fore, it will kill just as well. As the 
heavier load contains 20 per cent, more 
shot it will naturally throw a closer 
pattern, but there are few varieties of 
game that require a \ l f ounce pattern, 
particularly in field shooting where most 
of the shots are Under 30 yards. 
If you can hit 10 per cent, or 20 per 
cent, more artificial targets with the 
light, fast load, it is almost certain that 
you will average higher with it on 
game, especially when you are tired and 
think and act more slowly than when 
you are all keyed up at a target shoot. 
Incidentally it is less expensive and 
lighter to carry. 
In many cases a lighter load and a 
. systematic and practical style of target 
practice that is patterned as closely as 
possible after the field shooting to be 
done will convert a persistent and dis¬ 
couraged flincher into an accomplished 
and successful field shot. The difference 
between the 95 per cent, shot and the 
60 per cent, shot is usually largely one 
of practice at the particular type of 
shooting in which he is interested. 
139 
FISHING THE DEPEND¬ 
ABLE WET FLY 
(Continued from page 119) 
hook nowadays, how many times have 
you seen an angler lose several fish be¬ 
fore he takes the trouble to find out that 
either his point has been broken off 
against a rock, or that his barb has dis¬ 
appeared? A tiny hook-stone—if it is 
used—will soon pay for itself. 
THE decision as to whether to fish up 
or down stream with wet flies, lies 
largely in the size and character of the 
water to be fished. I might say the wise 
angler will determine his general plan 
of action according to the circumstances 
with which he is faced on the stream 
rather than by strictly adhering to any 
set of rules—no matter how clever these 
may be. It is a weakness of the present- 
day angler that he appears to fish by 
maxim rather than experience. This is 
due to the number of excellent fishing 
books that have appeared during the 
last generation or so; I feel sure that 
the almost unlimited number of really 
fine books on angling tend to turn out a 
race of book-taugbt fishermen. This is 
quite natural, when one stops to con¬ 
sider it; I confess that my first appear¬ 
ance on the stream (fly fishing for 
trout) found me thoroughly primed with 
excellent advice which I had carefully 
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