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One notices how frequent a trout takes a fly 
the moment it touches the water, and before it 
has time to drift with the current or float with 
the wind. In that case there is, of course, no 
wrist movement. But close observation shows 
that a fly drawn against the stream is not so 
attractive as one worked by the rod. 
I found my first fish in the shadow of a bough 
near the opposite bank. He took it with a rush 
that was, to say the least, disconcerting, and 
aided his own purpose, for he broke away. I 
think I must have struck too rashly. The line 
was well stretched, and there was no need for 
anything but tightening it to insert the hook. 
The resistance he offered and the feel of him 
did not lessen my regrets, but convinced me 
that he was a good specimen. 
Lower down stream a small tributary emptied 
itself into the Avon. Although it was a light 
river, it had in the course of time managed to 
burrow a deep channel, where it rushed in. I 
felt sure that I would find a trout in it. and ten 
minutes’ fishing turned faith into sight. One 
took the fly and tore down stream, fighting 
vigorously to the end. and entailing a long walk- 
in my waders. The river was so heavy that I 
had to keep by the brink, and the fish had a 
good deal of his own way. Ultimately I got 
on a level with him, and firm handling brought 
him to the net. 
I returned again to the mouth of the tribu¬ 
tary, felt a second fish, and hooked a third, 
which pursued the opposite policy to the 
previous captive. This one aspired to move 
upward, where it was impossible to follow him. 
No doubt it was his particular haunt, from 
which he had emerged in quest of food that the 
spate might bring. Fortunately, there was 
plenty of room for him to fight, as the water 
was deep and clear of obstacles. I left the reel 
free, and allowed him to help himself to what¬ 
ever he wanted. He drew several yards, and 
then, getting tired of it. backed down stream 
and came to closer quarters. Presently a large 
red fin showed itself above the water, which 
gave another explanation of the course he had 
taken. He was a very fine grayling, well over 
1 J A pounds. I found another fish later on in 
the day, which closed the account of the wet 
fly, its seductive qualities yielding me a hand¬ 
some leash. 
The next day the river was in excellent con¬ 
dition for the dry fly, and selecting one of the 
shallows, I waded in and fished up-stream. For 
the first hour the dace were particularly ag¬ 
gressive, and four or five were landed. I wished 
that they had been some of the fine roach for 
which the Avon is noted. Two-pounders are 
common in the river, but they do not often rise 
to the fly. I have seen them in a deep pool, 
and splendid fellows they were, which it would 
be a real triumph to capture. Paste and gentles 
are the usual baits to which they succumb. 
The dace were small, and grabbed the dry fly 
before trout or grayling could secure it. This 
did not put me on good terms with them. The 
fish were rising so freely that it was difficult to 
distinguish a dace rise from a grayling, which 
is not very dissimilar. I had to be guided by 
the place where the fish showed itself, giving a 
preference to any thing moving close to the 
bank, as being more likely to prove a trout 
or grayling. . This plan was fairly successful, 
and a more vigorous plunge on striking showed 
the captive to belong to the game species. I 
soon had a brace of grayling in .the basket, 
followed by a trout, but although a takeable 
size, they were not heavy fish. 
One spot I approached with a particular in¬ 
terest. The previous autumn I found a trout 
there when grayling-fishing. I was using a red 
tag, to which thymallus showed considerable 
partiality. Duns were drifting freely at the time, 
bM the grayling preferred the warmer pattern. 
Hoping to find one of the big fish that the 
Avon yields, I cast well under the bough of a 
tree. The fly had not drifted far when it was 
taken, and a heavy roll in the water preluded a 
vigorous struggle. The fish took down stream 
and. fast as I could move, he outstripped me. 
A glimpse of his yellow pelt showed him to be 
a trout. He was the finest that had ever come 
my way on that river, and, judging by his ap¬ 
pearance, he would have scaled 2 J A pounds. I 
returned him safely, hoping to meet him an¬ 
other day. I have tried the same spot during 
the proper season, but he has not honored me 
with his continued patronage. Perhaps he has 
fallen a victim to some other rod; if so, I 
congratulate the captor. 
It is, to say the least, tantalizing the way- 
one comes across good trout out of season. 
Two others came to the net the same day. The 
finest take of trout on the Itchen that has 
fallen to my rod occurred early in October, in¬ 
cluding a two-pounder. There was a big rise 
of duns on at the time, which no doubt ac¬ 
counted for the trout’s avidity. Most of them 
took a red tag, but the best rose to a hare’s 
ear. It is singular how the red tag will kill 
well on one part of a river ahd be useless on 
another; one must therefore not hook his faith 
implicitly to it.—County Gentleman. 
GAME AND FISH AS A NATURAL RE¬ 
SOURCE. 
Among the topics to be taken up for con¬ 
sideration at the conservation congress, says 
the St. Paul Pioneer Press, is that of the pre¬ 
servation of fish and game, and its importance 
should not be under estimated. There is no de¬ 
nying that the fish and game in Minnesota, 
coupled with our forests, 10,000 lakes and ex¬ 
cellent climate, constitute one of the very valu¬ 
able natural resources of the State. There is a 
disposition on the part of some to look upon 
fish, ducks, deer and the like as something des¬ 
tined to extinction as the country becomes 
more populous. Such has been the experience 
in many States, but there is no excuse for it in 
Minnesota; in fact, the depletion of the supply 
in other places is all the more reason why we 
should conserve our stock. 
The chairman of the State Fish and Game 
Commission in Maine is authority for the state¬ 
ment that “the early angler and the fall hunter 
left about $20,000,000 in Maine in 1909. In 
twenty years from now Maine ought to realize 
$100,000,000 a year from the same sources.’’ 
There is no reason why Minnesota should not 
exceed Maine’s record. We have more and 
better lakes and water courses, a finer climate 
and larger supply of game and fish. At present 
there may be a larger number of sportsmen 
within easy range of Maine, but that condition 
is only temporary. As the population and 
wealth of the West increase, Minnesota will 
have a larger number from which to draw and 
should receive correspondingly greater returns 
from its fish and game. 
What we may receive, however, depends on 
how we handle our resources. If we permit 
the game to be killed off and the lakes and 
streams to be fished out, we shall get nothing 
from sportsmen. If we conserve our resources, 
as we can and should, we shall have a never- 
ending source of revenue. And the testimony 
of the Maine authorities indicates that it not 
only is possible but practicable to conserve the 
supply. They say that there are just as many 
deer in the Maine woods to-day as a few year's 
ago. They predict that more will be killed this 
fall than ever, and that the protection afforded 
is such that the supply will continue practically 
undiminished from year to year, barring, of 
course, the possiblities of ravages from disease 
or severe weather. 
SHORT HANDED. 
For the second time this summer a serious 
forest fire has broken out on French Mountain 
near Lake George. It is apparent, says the 
Albany Press, that the Adirondack fire 'patrol 
established by Commissioner Whipple, of the 
Forest, Fish and Game Department, is inade¬ 
quate to protect the forests. It may be as 
efficient as possible with the funds available, but 
in that case Commissioner Whipple should im¬ 
press the next Legislature with the necessity 
of a larger appropriation. There are no't 
enough men employed on the Adirondack fire 
patrol, nor are there enough stations equipped 
with telephone aparatus so that the watchers 
can keep in touch with one another most of 
the time and summon assistance in the shortest 
possible time when a fire is discovered. 
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