The sun., 1919-07-27
Summers swarm Days Make
Angler ''Dig" Out Trout
Experiences of Fisherman in the Poconos of Penn
sylvania-Brownies Demand Fly Similar to That
On the Water-Every Fish Earned
NJ ALLEN.

means but instructive and fascinating.
From the results one would be apt to
make the generalization that the Gin
ger Quill and the RED Quill are the best
fiies to have along. but such is not truly
the case. caught fish on these flies on
three days only; on other days they
proved ineffective. They did their dead
Hest work when that pretty little "shad-
fly" was on the water.
On one Of those days I kept on the
Red Quill as the stretcher and tried va
rious other flies as tail flies; but every
trout ] captured was fast 10 the Red
Quill Furthermore, so far as could
see. the rises which I failed to hook
were on that one fly.
or the trout I caught on the Pale
Evening Dun i've were caught late one
afternoon when there was a scanty
flight of small. light-colored flies abroad.
The Queen OF the Waters also proved
effective only at dusk. Incidentally all
my queens were tied with too light a
wing. It's pity that there is no stan
darilzation In the matter OF the way in
which flies are tied. The queens 1 used
TO get were considerable darker in the
wings than those which had to take
this year.
Trout Rise TO "shadny" on Hook.
1 am convinced that there is great
need OF closer approximation to nature
in our trout flies to-day. There are GER
tain insects which may be depended
upon to hatch in quantities on each
stream each year and upon which the
trout feed eagerly. They should be imi-
tated closely, wing and body.
At present every trout fisherman who
0fno 81 h.
the water Is low and clear particularly,
finds II very difficult to even feebly imi-
tate the fly on the water. And how
exasperating 1t is to see the fish fairly
boiling at the top OF the water and not
be able to interest them!
a friend of mine caught Shabby
impaled him on bare hook, cast him
out where the FISH were rising. and
caught trout Immediately. He did II
again with the same success. but the
nies were too hard to catch and he had
to give II up What sport good imi-
tation would have given usl
My largest fish was caught after a
thunder shower, when the creek was
running rather high and somewhat col
ored. l took him on a March Brown.
fished wet. He was twelve inches long
and had his stomach filled with mud
and fine gravel
After all. the best sport in trout fish
ing comes when you have to earn every
trout you catch when you have to cast
delicately and with precision: when Won
have to study the fly on the water and
match him as best you can when the
water is so clear that you can sac the
trout dart in all directions when Won
make an unwary step; when YOU have
to stalk your fish as you would a deer
with velvet foot and an eye TO the sun
the wind and your shadow; when the
bait fisherman you meet says in dis
gust This stream Is fshed out! I
haven't caught on" When you have
to study the stream and locate the snots
where the fish are, and then plan your
campaign so that you may get them.
Brown Trout Keen Observer.
No doubt exists In my mind that the
brown trout is a keen observer of form
and coloring; and that the closer the
artificial approximates the natural nv
on the water, the more apt is the angler
to catch fsh. My American Red Quilts
old not have the detached body which
the English fly had and were ineffectiye
where the English fly was getting the
trout. The natural fly had that untitled
body; the trout observed that uptilted
body In the artificial ny and 1t fooled
them.
There are days when the fish will rise
70 almost anything properly presented
But those days are usually rather earlv
In the season. AS the water lowers and
gets crystal clear the trout get much
more wary from the constant fishing
and from the fact that they can now
more readily perceive the fly, the leader
and the line. Then you earn every FISH
that you catch with tho fly.
MY friend the wholesale shoe dealer
from Wilkesbarre, like myself a dry
fly enthusiast, would say at the end Sof
the days fishing. "Weil, another day OF
digging them out I've honestly earned
every trout I've caught to-dayp
Truly spoken When the warm days
of summer have como and the creeks
narrow, then You have to dig them
OUT!