360 TROUT FISHING, 



the surface, and, if you are once seen, they will fly from you. 

 If the water should be deep, dark, and overhung with thick 

 foliage, so that you can scarcely find an open space for your 

 bait, your line must be shortened to half a yard, and sometimes 

 less. 



" If your flies are small, use two of them at once, as they 

 frequently fall into the water in couples ; when daping with the 

 fly, if you see your fish, drop the fly gently on to the water, 

 about a foot before him, and if you are not seen, he will eagerly 

 take it. When your fish is struck, do not allow him to get down 

 his head, for fear of roots and weeds, but keep him to the top 

 of the water, where his fins and strength will be of little use to 

 him; and in this situation, with good tackle, you may soon 

 exhaust him, and make him your own by a landing-net, the 

 handle of which should be two yards long; or he may be landed 

 by a hook or gaflF, with a long handle ; and this, in some situa- 

 tions, amidst close, thorny brambles, will be found more useful 

 than a landing-net, which is liable to be caught in the bushes. 



"When you use the worm, the caddis, or any other grub, 

 you will require a single shot, No. 6, to sink your bait, for it 

 cannot sink too slowly, or cause too little disturbance in the 

 water.^' 



