Explore "A Bunch of Trout-Flies. for Archie Rutledge (of Skies and Seasons)" by Henry Van Dyke on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Here's a half-a-dozen flies, / Just about the proper size / For 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 frog / From his banquet in the bog; / Nor the lazy chub to fool, / Splashing idly round the pool; / Nor the sullen horned pout / From the mud to hustle out!