_in full swing. 
tive, giving excellent results. At other 
times, while the trout actively rise, they 
are shy to take the artificial, missing 
time after time at your very best casts, 
and unless it floats right over the fish, 
well cocked, they will not take it. 
In fishing the evening rise during hot 
weather it is my invariable custom to 
rest after the midday meal till five 
o’clock, then saunter down the stream- 
side to a well-stocked pool, and there sit 
beside the stream waiting till the fish 
are really actively feeding, as it is use- 
less to cast until they do feed. 
To start casting before they begin to 
feed, you stop them from beginning to 
rise for their food in the situation you 
have chosen. During the wait I select 
several flies that by experience I know 
imitate the insects that will rise, and 
then tie them on separate casts to fish 
dry, placing the gut leader between wet 
pads, so that at the first cast they will 
stretch out properly. Then, ready with 
rod, line and net, I await the rising 
trout. 
The hot summer evening rise is much 
influenced by wind and weather, the 
former almost invariably goes gradu- 
ally down, with the sun, to a dead calm. 
If the wind continues strong after sun- 
set the insect rise is limited and the 
fish do not appear at the surface except 
on rare occasions. Then it is that a 
wet cast of flies will be found to get 
better results than dry flies. At such 
a time artificial minnows and other 
baits may be drifted along near the 
bottom in the deeper parts. After the 
dead calm and the mist arises from the 
lowlands, insects will soon appear, 
sometimes small species, in thick clouds 
over the surface, and among them are 
seen numerous larger stoneflies, spin- 
ners and duns. Then later, or perhaps 
before, there will appear a heavy rise 
of drakes floating thick down along the 
surface of the stream. It is just at 
that time when all the trout in the 
river seem to be visible and the angler’s 
nerves are on edge to pick out the 
larger fish, and he must be quick about 
it. 
Where the insects are very thick, 
carefully cast out a cockwing drake, a 
yellow sally, or orange stone, a male or 
female shadfiy. It will matter little 
which it is, for all are on the water and 
yours will be snatched under if made to 
float along in a natural manner. The 
surface formations and runways are 
the best guides to the right situation, 
up or down, or straight out in the pool. 
In ever case, act quickly without 
bungling. At the first strike try to 
lead the fish away and net it quickly 
to get: all the sport while the game is 
If your flies happen to 
be useless to get a strike, or fish repeat- 
edly strike to miss, try a larger or 
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im writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. 
smaller hook and a change of colored 
wings, darker or lighter, just what you 
conceive will improve matters. 
You are, however, bound to succeed 
if the fly is made to float along similar 
to the insects continually floating by. 
When the rise is over and trout cease 
to feed, rest awhile till they again come 
up to another hatch of flies, which they 
do even if the glut is less and less thick. 
They rise in more isolated situations; 
here and there they flop up at single 
insects. This more scattered condition 
is more often favorable to your success 
than when trout are wildly feeding 
close up together on the glut. Perhaps 
it is that the temporary limitation of 
food supply more readily tempts the 
fish to your imitation. Especially in 
the gloaming, their sense of sight both 
of you and the fly is more dim, making 
their impulse to take all that comes 
along. 
In my judgment, fishing the evening 
rise is the most exciting and best sport 
of the season, better, indeed, than day 
fishing on the insect glut period of late 
May, because the fish are quite as 
ravenous and gamy; and further, they 
are larger, in the finest, plumpest con- 
dition, after six weeks’ of continued 
gorging of insects—their choicest food 
to make them healthy and strong. 
Another important feature to make 
this evening condition favorable is that 
most anglers quit trout fishing in day- 
light the last half of June and first 
half of July to go for bass, consequent- 
ly the fish are undisturbed, therefore 
bolder to take the fly. You have the 
river almost to yourself, and by choos- 
ing a first-rate pool you can go pre- 
pared for night fishing, in addition to 
the evening rise, which gives you quite 
as much sport in pleasure and results 
from sunset to midnight as you would 
get throughout the entire day in May 
fishing, of which the latter is often 
indifferent because of bad weather. 
For myself, the evening rise has 
greater charm than day fishing, the 
glorious changing sky reflections on the 
water turning to more sombre hue at 
the approach of night; the even song of 
sparrows and other birds calling their 
good-night to each other; the timid. 
water-side animals, muskrat, mink, 
skunk, all peep out at you, resenting 
your intrusion of their freedom to begin 
their evening meal. Then it is the air 
is soft and cool and the quiet peaceful- 
ness of the closing day is soothing in- 
deed, all fitting in to make your sport 
very delightful. The only drawback is 
the limit of time—the ninety minutes’ 
light is gone before you know it, but 
usually on your return in the pale 
moonlight you are very content, even 
happy, because your creel often con- 
tains prizes very satisfying. 





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