. Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice . - /X N E of the first objects of a sportsman lages f I I autopsy. V-x should be to study and observe the habits and habitat of his quarry, so as toacquire an intimate knowledge of the class offood most affected by it and best calculated tosustain and improve its condition. A con-siderable amount of attention has been paid tothis branch of the subject in reference to birdspreserved and even bred entirely for sportingpurposes. Considering the paramount import-ance of this point to the fly-fisherman, whoseonly lure is an imitation of the fishs naturalfoo
. Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice . - /X N E of the first objects of a sportsman lages f I I autopsy. V-x should be to study and observe the habits and habitat of his quarry, so as toacquire an intimate knowledge of the class offood most affected by it and best calculated tosustain and improve its condition. A con-siderable amount of attention has been paid tothis branch of the subject in reference to birdspreserved and even bred entirely for sportingpurposes. Considering the paramount import-ance of this point to the fly-fisherman, whoseonly lure is an imitation of the fishs naturalfood, it is surprising how persistently hedeludes himself and others by neglect of thesimplest plan of observation, viz., that ofexamining the contents of the trout or gray-lings stomach, and thus ascertaining for a factthe nature of the meal on which its appetitehas been assuaged. The continual complaintof not being able to discover the species ofinsect on which the fish are feeding, or worsestill, the confident tone in which one is assured. AUTOPSY 315 that the angler could see the trout taking iron-blue or olive duns, and yet could not persuadethem to look at the best imitation, becomestedious from its frequent reiteration. Yet itnever seems to occur to the large number ofgrumblers who indulge in these vain lamentsthat, provided they can succeed in catching afeeding fish—not always an easy feat—theremedy is in their own hands, and a fewmoments devoted to an autopsy will solve theproblem. Having caught your fish, and killed it by a How tosmart tap on the head, hold it in the left handwith back downwards, and with a sharp knife,inserted at the vent, edge upwards, so as notto cut into the entrails, make one incision rightup to the gills. Turn the flanks outwards, andpull the whole of the internal arrangementsupwards and clear of the fish, except, of course,just at the throat, where a clean cut is requiredto sever the tube, and thus separate the entrailsfrom the remainder of th
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