CHAPTER VIII 



xMETHODS OF FISHING FOR TROUT — FLY FISHING AND 

 BAIT FISHING— UP-STREAM OR DOWN-STREAM — 

 ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS — HOW A TROUT BROOK 

 IS FISHED — THE GRASSHOPPER CAST— FLIES TO 

 BE USED — DRY AND WET FLY FISHING — FLY FISH- 

 ING AT NIGHT — FLIES USED IN LAKE FISHING 



There are two accepted legitimate methods of 

 fishing for trout, all others being barred by the 

 ethics of the art. Trolling with a spoon or any 

 other bait, and fishing through the ice are looked 

 upon by the fly fisherman as coarse and unsports- 

 manlike, and they certainly are, when compared 

 with the deft handling of a delicate cast of feathers. 

 Trolling and ice fishing are merely yanking half- 

 starved trout from the water; fly fishing, born of 

 skill and experience, lures the brook beauty to the 

 surface by manipulating naturally the choicest 

 morsel of his mejiu and causing it to fall upon the 

 water, gently fluttering, as a snowflake falls on a 

 calm winter's day. Moreover, when casting an 

 artificial fly, the angler by a gentle turn of the 

 wrist seeks to impale the hook; in trolling the 



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