motorcycle, packbasket, must be in- 
voked to enable one to make the most 
of the space and carrying facilities. 
Overland, on the trails, vehicles offer 
all their various conveniences and 
drawbacks. The two ways of estimat- 
ing the cost, by the day and by the mile, 
and combinations of the two give one 
a great variety of choice. Personal 
inclination, pocketbook, season and 
what is wanted—why recommend any 
particular kind of touring? They are 
all worth trying, anyhow. 
Speckled Trout of the 
Adirondacks 
(Continued from page 527) 
biting at nine o’clock all right, for 
I’ve got one on.” Just then the trout 
on the end of my line came to the sur- 
face with a vicious splash and was 
gone. So much for boasting. 
Pete ak, nothing daunted, I cast 
again, tried the very same method 
and straightway hooked another. I 
was careful this time and landed my 
fish, a dandy two-pounder. At ten 
o’clock I stopped fishing with five trout 
in my creel weighing ten pounds. Just 
as I quit, pardner, using the same 
method and the same fly, started to hit 
them farther up the stream. In one 
hour he had caught his limit and we 
turned in. 
In the above instance it might have 
been the fly, or it might have been the 
method, that prompted the trout to 
strike. I am inclined to believe that 
it was the combination of the two. 
Unfortunately it did not occur to me 
to test this out at the time. 
There are times when the fly is 
everything. A certain pattern will kill 
trout no matter how it is delivered or 
fished. Another time any fly will do, 
but it must be presented and fished 
in some particular manner. Again, a 
particular fly and a special delivery 
are both necessary to insure results. 
JN par these things an angler must 
keep on tap and have ready for 
use in order to get the most out of his 
fishing. 
I remember one morning when my 
pardner was getting trout after trout 
while I could not get a strike although 
we were both using the same flies. I 
stood it as long as I could and finally 
asked to look at his fly. Upon exam- 
ining the two we found that the one 
my pardner was using had a tail, 
while mine did not. When I put on 
one with a tail I also began to get 
trout. No doubt every fly fisherman 
has had an experience of this sort. I 
know I have had several. 
In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream, 
Nymphs are sometimes very taking 
on Brandy Brook, and if one does not 
have any in his book, a good substi- 
tute can be very easily made by cut- 
ting the wings from a fuzzy bodied 
wet fly. Every one must have noticed 
that at times an old bedraggled wet fly 
is very effective, while a new fly of the 
same pattern will not effect a rise. 
This is no doubt due to the resem- 
blance of the worn out fly to some 
nymph and, as a rule, any somber col- 
ored, bedraggled fly will work under 
these conditions. 
F one can happen on “Brandy” some 
evening when there is a dearth of 
anglers there, then is the time to ex- 
pect some good dry fly fishing. The 
weather should be warm and clear. 
As a rule, light colored flies of va- 
rious sizes work very well. One time 
a fan wing royal coachman will be 
the taking lure, another time the pro- 
fessor or the queen. Perhaps one of 
the best of dry flies for Brandy Brook 
is the pale buff with a dun body. 
HE sun sets over the forest wall. 
The usual evening anglers have 
not arrived and not a fly has been cast 
on “Brandy” for at least fourteen 
hours. The balmy air and the soft 
wind, together with the absolute quiet 
make it an ideal dry fly time. “Look, 
a rise; pardner, do your duty!” He 
casts, the fly softly settles on the ever 
widening ring. A splash, a gleam! 
He is hooked. The rod arches in a 
pretty curve as the trout gamely but 
vainly fights for freedom. “Look, he 
is tiring. There! He’s ours and what 
a beauty...” The evening is perfect 
and the trout are in a taking humor. 
I hook my last fish just as night comes 
into its own. He is a lusty trout and 
requires my undivided attention and 
skill to bring him to net. He is finally 
subdued and contentedly we go to our 
camp, start the cheerful “friendship” 
fire and talk over the wonderful events 
of our days in the woods. 
slap. morning we must go 
“out,” back to the work of life. 
It is hard to leave this care-free ex- 
istence, but it is necessity that calls. 
We have benefited greatly by our so- 
journ with nature and will be the bet- 
ter citizens because of it. As we drop 
off to sleep, the wild symbolic cry of 
the loon comes wafting to us over the 
spaces. It is his farewell to us, a 
song filled with the sadness of leaving 
loved scenes and a hope to see them 
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