64 THE WONDERFUL TROUT 



not necessarily on the deep side, nor under 

 the bank, when on the feed. 



The smooth glides above streams or pools 

 are often superior spots holding the ' monarch' 

 of the pool, especially where the stream, 

 before the rush, contracts. A ' monarch ' 

 there holds the ' key of the pantry,' as it were, 

 and may often be taken when there is barely a 

 ruffle or a break on the surface, and especially 

 if there be a light amber tint in the water. 



Many an angler appears to us to waste half 

 his time in vain repetitions, as if he could 

 force the trout to take, and as if he could not 

 satisfy himself in two or three casts at most 

 as to whether he was doing it properly. An 

 angler new to a stream certainly stands at 

 some disadvantage to the local man, all else 

 being equal, who knows every rock and 

 stone, turn and twist of the water. And as 

 we have already pointed out, there are 

 occasions plenty of them, too where such 

 a policy as continuous and rapid casting, and 

 shifting one's standpoint, is often valuable, 

 But it should not be practised except where 

 the angler's experience tells him it may be 

 remunerative such as if a swirl or back 

 eddy is known (or seen) to hold a good fish. 



