Show About Trout Fishing I ORE the blackthorn b buds ds open ana ang BEFORE B primroses show in the somber woods trout leave the spawning grounds for forthe forthe forI I the deep pools of the river says the Lon London London London I don Q otobe At this season the fish are arelean arelean arelean lean and dark In color celo r out of or condition a ai the th t fishermen says 58 S Their beads bead ap appear appear pear out ont ut of proportion to their bodies and they ni m listless and somewhat dejected Duff this stage which which may be likened to convalescence tr trout ut require a restora th end and nd stimulating diet and such diet Is afforded by b the tiles flies which soon begin to hatch batch out from the pupae in the bed of o the stream Even in February a few in insects ints insects sects ts appear above bOve the water on OR every mild da day In March trout begin to feed hungrily upon the blue duns that tilt nit Just j st above the surface su of the th pools during the spells of or sunshine The rise of or trout to the first night Sight of blue duns may occur in the opening days of the tae boisterous mouth month of March arch or it may be bed deferred d until the thorn is in jn leaf lead Night frosts and a low temperature of f r the water Otter check the th emergence of the fully developed Insects from the caddis ca dIs or grub grubich ich envelops there them tk IR t when breeze is soft ft te iii t the anel shel tere te sd ind the wrath of the sun at at noon noOR Invites l the Hi h 8 to play a host hoat of at files Hies may at aty moment appear over the river Bitter winds cold rain and nd sleet and even snow may succeed suc thIS sweet breath of spring In forty eight I t hours the northeaster may be roar roaring ing b in the dale and snowflakes covering cot the tSe violets that peer pee from rota the bank of or the i Such foreboding does not deter the thrushes from singing their lustiest nor hinder the young lambs from their Sport port The creatures of the water like those of the earth and nd air also awake to during durin the sunny March mid midday midday day Here and aRd there the calm surface of or orthe I the pool is ruffled by b the rise of a trout The blue bly duns d ns are dancing merrily with their fairy fai feet touching the water Minnows have hae crowded into the shallow I where the cattle attle come to drink In the j Shaw haw a green woodpecker ker laughs hahaj j I arks and a ja a note of jo joy Approach the river fiver bank cautiously c and watch that trout at his luncheon He Is about a pound in weight and already he heIs heIs f Is growing plumper and brighter in color upon his diet of surface Insects In a 8 fortnight CortRight he will be well past the effects of ef spawning He H has his hie own bit of the stream from rom that flat fiat sunken rock to the bed of weeds w ds whence he will not budge unless driven to flight night bIF b a bigger and andt andI bolder I trout reck C is his bolt or fastness t for which he darts a if dis disI disturbed I by a human form But for agen a gen gentle gentle tle movement of the Bus BOS es and tall tail the trout is Quite stilL An unpracticed e eye ce e would not notice him He Is only visible to a keen sighted angler an etter otter or a 3 heron A water cricket a little beetle and a drowning bee pass over our trout They do not interest him For the present he heI will sate himself with blue duns It is full ten months since he enjoyed en joyed his last I I banquet of these dainties An audacious trout ng who appears to have lost his I way comes within a foot toot of the big fish Our trout with an instinct of rights and I property turns angrily a gr yupon upon the intruder IntrUder intruder der and pursues Mint bun as a pike chases c a dace aee The flies to the Wh Silbert tt th t the big trout returns to his feeding I place he appears ruffled rallied and angry 1 Na H s gills Ms his tins Sins alit ills his tail tire are on the he and e ve of f annoyance He ieee rises riMs furiously at the next fly that comes along fit m fancy one hears the snap of f his teeth teeth I Presently a fisherman appears in sight I His cap bristles with artificial flies blue duns March browns Drowns and Greenw glo glories ries and he plies piles a lithe split cane rod I and a fine cast equipped with three artl arti artificial insects of the hackle sort We Indi Indicate Indicate I cate rate the spot where the trout Is feeding leeding The angler creeps up to within a yard ard of I the river crouches below his fish and andI throws his neat east lightly on the criss crass cross cros ripple that a favoring breeze has caused to fret the water There is a swirl where I th the flies fell Our trout rose S to the lure I and anti missed it The fisherman f r casts again This time the barb of the hook book is fast in inthe inI inthe the fishs Jaw What hat a leap The trout I fights hard dashing first to Ills his harbor sunder I under und r the t e rock then to the and t then Jumping from the water But the skilful angler checks him firmly here her humors him there and at t length bring the gasping fish to his Ida 1 C t thour Af I hour later as we return by the notice that the bantling trout i i a C Cup up the position so proudly held ay 6 tl t r r captured cap tur monster onster Such is 18 destiny de tIey The well dissembled fly ny more i readily deceives trout in March than t n in iu Ju Jutz U Lengthening days and increasing ng w bring to wing myriads of and nd ft fl flare are so satiated that they the only at ill ip and indifferently to fuse Bias Ea in the spring trout frequently feed teed with reckless avidity Moreover l er the angler chance of sport Is increased through h the tile state of the rivers at this time of the year The springs are well filled there therea to toa a steady Influx of or fresh water to tM streams which are often otten stained by soil through which they flow Trout 8 tribute themselves In runs and shat as soon as the sun warms the waters wafers and It is more easy to discover their ha ba hathan than it is at the end of a dry May Kay |