Chapt. x. Shitiablt Bod and Fly. L27 



a single-handed 1 111. trout rod, ami having bad so much fun out 

 ..I' it. that he declared he would never use a salmon roil again. 

 There was no gainsaying that argument, but against it there is 



the consideration that you kill many more fish with the .salmon 

 roil, tor the simple reason that you can throw a much longer line ; 

 and this is a matter of some importance, when you an- fishing mainly 

 in -till, or almost still, water, ami you want togel your fly so faraway 

 from you that the fish may not sit you or the coracle ; for it' they 

 see it ymir chances aje of Bourse mil, as already fully expounded 

 in previous chapters. The coracle is such an obvious object that 

 the necessity tor a long line is greater then than when fishing on 

 toot, ami able to conceal yourself. I have killed the Carnatic 

 Carp in heavy runs, and in shallow stickles, which you can ap- 

 proach more nearly with impunity, because of the ripple on then ; 

 hut 1 have killed many more and better fish of this sort in the 

 deep, almost still, eddies near the steep banks under the over- 

 hanging trees ; therefore it is for this sort of fishing that you 

 should be best prepared, and for this I like the long cast of the 

 salmon rod. Again, three large No. 5 Limerick hook flies are just a 

 trifle luavy for an 11 ft. rod. Once more, we are not quite sure 

 how heavy may be the tish you may get in this manner of fishing. 

 It is true that of the fish caught by my friends and self the g] 

 majority were 5 lbs. and under, and that 7£lb& was the biggest 

 Carnatic Carp we took; still Day says they run to 25 lbs., and 

 such a distinguished naturalist is not likely to have made such an 

 lion without having tested it by something better than native 

 hearsay: tested it probably by net-caught specimens. Natives 

 have told me that they run to marly a cubit in length ; we know 

 they are a very deep fish. Whether a 25 lb. Carnatic Carp will 

 rise to a fly or not has, I fancy, got to to be discovered, but if it 

 will, surely such a fish would be a tritle too much for an 11 ft. rod. 

 And one lives in hopes of getting such a fish on, does not one ? 



Perhaps a 14 feet rod is a compromise. It is a rod which you 

 can use single-ham led for a few throws, very few with most men, 

 but for any length of time it will call for two hands. It is 

 properly a light two-handed rod, this for those who fancy it. For 

 my part, I stand by my 16 feet rod aforesaid. I have the 

 additional reason that I like to be prepared for all coiners, and 

 should a 50 lb. Mahseer, instead of a Carnatic Carp, take my fly, 



