FOREST, LJKE, AND RIVER 



Casting is done so that the bait drops, without 

 any noise, into the right spot, whether the wad- 

 ing be up or down stream. Many people hold 

 decided views upon this question, but, after all, 

 extreme care is the first consideration. 



In quick, splashing streams, where at the foot 

 of a hillside the waters lessen in intensity, flies can 

 be cast into the seething froth itself and receive 

 marked attention, the fisherman standing on some 

 stone that gives a fair footing. Another time, 

 without being seen, the flies must be gently flut- 

 tered into a pool where, perhaps, they will be 

 well taken, and the creel soon filled. 



A recollection of earlier days becomes vivid at 

 this moment. Where a shelf of jutting rock, deep 

 in the water, gave a sure foundation, a rest for my 

 back against the broad boulder, I stood immersed 

 to the hips in water, which to-day would cause 

 my death from coldness, and snapped out side 

 casts until my basket could not contain another 

 one of the little fighters. 



In a stream not broadly stretched in width, it 

 is better to use but one small fly, waxing the wings 

 and body, or smearing with vaseline, so that it will 

 remain on the surface, and often a sudden dash 

 means the striking of a large fish, requiring patience 

 and skill before landing is accomplished. 



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