CHAPTER VII. 



STEWART AND THE UPSTREAM SCHOOL. 



Fish take all sorts of baits most eagerly and 

 freely, and with the least suspicion or bogling, 

 when you present the same unto them in such 

 order and manner, as Nature affords them, or as 

 themselves ordinarily gather them. 



The Experienced Angler, 



Robert Venables. 1662. 



HEN the shape and colour of flies 

 had been copied, men turned 

 their minds to copying their 

 movements and behaviour. This 

 is the second of the four great 

 landmarks of fly fishing. The 

 fisherman is no longer content with imitating 

 nature only in the construction of his fly, 

 imitating her correctly, it may be, but then 

 casting it on the water anyhow, trusting that 

 its resemblance alone will suffice. No : he 

 carries observation a step further, and he 

 notices and copies the behaviour and action of 

 natural insects as well as their shape and 

 colour. This is a profound change, and opens 



