ON TROUTING WITH THE FLY 59 



beginning straight up on your own side, 

 then farther out and more across, then 

 farther, until among the last casts from 

 the same standpoint you are fishing straight 

 across, having gradually slightly lengthened 

 line. After each cast allow your flies to 

 come down towards your feet, or abreast of 

 you. Never use a longer line than you can 

 keep taut from rod -tip to tail -fly, except 

 possibly the last few casts across, if you wish 

 to reach over. When a fish rises, ' turn the 

 key' gently, pull down-stream, kill all you 

 hook, land them below your standpoint, so 

 as not to disturb unfished water above ; 

 then take one or two steps up, still kneel- 

 ing or creeping, and repeat the process. If 

 you are on the left bank of the stream, cast 

 over the right shoulder when you begin to 

 fish up and across, and each cast recover 

 in the same direction; thus you cover the 

 water with the two flies. Supposing it a 

 small stickle of very shallow water, raise 

 the hand towards the right, and the flies 

 come down opposite one another. If you 

 did the contrary the flies would come down 

 with the current one on the top of the other 



