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A Bunch of Trout-Flies
For Archie Rutledge
Here’s a half-a-dozen flies,Just about the proper sizeFor the trout of Dickey’s Run,—Luck go with them every one!
Dainty little feathered beauties,Listen now, and learn your duties:Not to tangle in the box;Not to catch on logs or rocks,Boughs that wave or weeds that float,Nor in the angler’s “pants” or coat!Not to lure the glutton frogFrom his banquet in the bog;Nor the lazy chub to fool,Splashing idly round the pool;Nor the sullen hornèd poutFrom the mud to hustle out!
None of this vulgarian crew,Dainty flies, is game for you.Darting swiftly through the airGuided by the angler’s care,Light upon the flowing streamLike a wingèd fairy dream;Float upon the water dancing,Through the lights and shadows glancing,Till the rippling current brings you,And with quiet motion swings you,Where a speckled beauty liesWatching you with hungry eyes.
Here’s your game and here’s your prize!Hover near him, lure him, tease him,Do your very best to please him,Dancing on the water foamy,Like the frail and fair Salome,Till the monarch yields at last;Rises, and you have him fast!Then remember well your duty,—Do not lose, but land, your booty;For the finest fish of all isSalvelinus Fontinalis.
So, you plumed illusions, go,Let my comrade Archie knowEvery day he goes a-fishingI’ll be with him in well-wishing.Most of all when lunch is laidIn the dappled orchard shade,With Will, Corinne, and Dixie too,Sitting as we used to doRound the white cloth on the grassWhile the lazy hours pass,And the brook’s contented tuneLulls the sleepy afternoon,—Then’s the time my heart will beWith that pleasant company!
June 17, 1913.
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