WIIKUK To CAST. 'M'\ 



SO only will the fish hook itself, without nny inovoment of the 

 hand nil the auj^ler's part — lui cud most (irsirnhlc to ofl'crt. 



liutli Salmon and Trout lie in wait for tluir priy, f«ir thf^ 

 most part, rather than swim in pursuit of it in scliuils or ro?M- 

 pnnios. They arc ol'tm. I would say irr-ncralh', found in pairs, 

 and tluM'i'forc after Killin;^ one in any favotM'ahlo pool or eddv, 

 it will he w»-ll not too soon to desert the spot, even althou«;h it 

 may have heen disturbed hy the l)n^tlr niid liiirh nf the lirst 

 enpture. 



The tail of switt rapids, wlu're some larf^e stone hreaks the 

 force of the eurrent, and causes a lull, or, as one would sav of 

 wind, a lee, will always he tound a likely spot wlu rein to east ; 

 and in pools, between two rapids or cascades, the head and the 

 foot, immediately above the oiu' and Ix-Iom the other descent, 

 will generally each hold a tisli. 



Still clear deep reaches \\ill aj^ain be found to ccuitain uuinv 

 times the larfTcr, and otten the larfjest fishes, especially of 

 IJrook Trout; and tiiese places reqiiire the neatest and the 

 finest fishin*;, for two very suflieient reasons; first, that the 

 transparency of the water enal)les the fish clearly to discern the 

 nnjjlcr, iinless he stand well back from the nuir<:in of the bank ; 

 and, secondly, that its stillness allows all the imjH'rfections of 

 the artificial fly, an<l perhaps the iriit to «hich it is appended, 

 to be discovered by the intended victim. 



In nothing is piscatory skill more distinctly evKhneed, than 

 by the instinctive accuracy with which, in whippin;; a stream, 

 the practical anpler will discern what places to fish closclv, 

 accumtely, neatly ; which to pass over liphtly — in other words. 

 which are more and which are moat unlikely to hold the objeetH 



