TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



fore, on both stream and lake, when fishing the wet-fly, 

 strike when the swirl takes place and under no circum- 

 stances wait until you feel the trout if you wish to hook 

 your fish. 



The object in fishing the fly is to attract and make trout 

 rise to it. It then follows that it should be done in such a 

 manner as to deceive and make them believe your arti- 

 ficial fly is something good to eat. 



Whether or not trout take artificial wet-flies because 

 they believe them to be natural flies no one can positively 

 know as a fact. The very best the angler can do in this 

 direction is to make deductions logically from what he has 

 observed during his experience. 



The fly should never be played against the current of 

 a stream, and when cast "up,'' "across" or "down" stream 

 the angler should guard against fishing the fly by jumps as 

 if it were hurdling the ripples. 



The best way is to cast slightly "up and across" the 

 stream allowing the current to carry the fly down the 

 stream while the angler plays the fly diagonally across 

 the stream. Keep the fly on or just under the surface of 

 the water in most cases and always make a recovery for 

 another cast just before the fly comes to a full stop due to 

 the straightening of the line. 



In some large pools through which there is a swift or 

 rather swift current, with slow and still water on the sides, 

 the best success is attained by fishing the fly on either side 

 of the swift current, for it is there the large trout are gen- 

 erally to be found. 



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