a fly—no, a hook with light blue wool 
isted around it, and a few pieces of 
-key feather hanging to it. As I said, 
it night I was fully convinced that I 
d graduated into the expert class. It 
is several weeks before I revised my 
inion, and it was twice several years 
fore I had any similar feeling again, 
le term expert is not a very apt one, 
I do not think one ever becomes ex- 
rt at trout fishing. One does become 
pert at casting, and handling a fly, 
t one can only become experienced at 
ding trout and tempting them to rise 
his fly. And the more experienced 
e becomes, the more he realizes how 
:ch there is still for him to learn. I 
i quite sure that I knew more on my 
$t opening day than I shall ever know 
ain. In my thoroughly humble opinion 
is not until a man learns that he 
ows next to nothing about the whys 
:1 wherefores of trout fishing that he 
in the way of becoming a good trout 
lerman. Then he has an open mind, 
lling to try everything—even dry-fly 
ling on April first. 
HOW TO OPERATE A 
COMPASS 
(Continued from page 171) 
il in the exact spot where you have 
t it, but you are sure to find the trail. 
\nother valuable element in the gen- 
-i d guidance of the compass is the 
: ount of confusion that is eliminated 
i finding one’s way even through fairly 
’ 11 populated districts. You may 
1 ve had previous instructions from a 
:! end to turn down a certain country 
: id turning to the left. Yet if you hap- 
1 to be turned around, that road is to 
; ir right. If, on the other hand, you 
■ lk in terms of North, South, East and 
;st you can hardly go wrong, for there 
i inly one East and only one West irre- 
ctive of whatever direction you may 
walking. 
i he process of being guided by a com- 
1 s in a reasonably straight line with- 
help of maps for a long distance 
ough an unbroken forest invariably 
-Ts numerous physical obstacles, but 
:an be done. We will suppose that 
1 ir destination is a certain landmark 
> ich you see in the far distance, say. 
>ne towering pine tree so situated that 
s readily recognizable. 
before starting, you take compass 
rings upon that tree. The north end 
the needle and the N on the dial are 
ie to coincide and then, we will say, 
t an imaginary line running from 
1 r feet to the tree coincides with NW 
the dial of the compass. This means 
t by walking in a straight north¬ 
erly direction you will reach your 
Imark. 
t is not sufficient to get started on the 
it track. One must continue to keep 
i T. It is probable that during the 
■ ater part of the time when you are 
: ‘ching onward through the forest, the 
1 .ination will be entirely lost to view 
in this case, if your legs were al- 
1 ed to go their own free way they 
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shooting before fall 
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