132 INSTRUCTIONS. 



this, you should lay the stress as near the hand as pos- 

 sible, and make the wood undulate from that point; 

 which is done by keeping your elbow in advance, and 

 doing something* with your wrist, Avhich, as Mr. Pcnn 

 says, is not very easy to explain. Thus the exertion 

 should be chiefly from the elbow and wrist, and not 

 from the shoulders. You should throw clear beyond 

 the spot where the salmon lie, so that they may not sec 

 the fly light upon the water ; then you should bring the 

 said fly round the stream, describing the segment of a 

 circle taking one step in advance at every throw. In 

 this manner the fish see your fly only, and not the line. 

 It is customary to give short jerks with the fly as you 

 bring it round, something in the manner of minnow 

 fishing, but in a more gentle and easy way ; and I think 

 this manner is the most seducing you can adopt : it sets 

 the wings in a state of alternate expansion and con- 

 traction that is extremely captivating. 



Salmon will often take your fly on one side of the 

 river when they will not touch it on the other. In high 

 water, the channel side, as a general rule, is the best, and 

 at the cheek of the current ; and you should not be in a 

 hurry to pull your fly into the more bare and still parts 

 of the channel, where the fish will come more cautiously 

 and lazily. In low water it is best to throw over the 

 channel from the rocky side, drawing at first rather 

 quickly, that your fish may take your fly in the current, 

 which is material. In very low water, indeed, when the 

 fish may be said to give over rising, you may try your 

 luck in the rapids by hanging your fly on them ; indeed, 

 you should always let your fly dwell on this sort of water, 



