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up, as all three flies get more of a chance 

 to show themselves and cover more water. 

 Trout often do take a fly at the instant it 

 alights, but the cast should always be allowed 

 to travel a short distance before being picked 

 off the water. On a big river, where it is 

 impossible to cover the water from bank to 

 bank, you are of course obliged to do the 

 best you can on your own side. If it is 

 possible to wade, by all means do so, as 

 you can then keep right behind the fish, 

 and being on a lower level than when angling 

 from the bank, you are more out of the 

 trout's angle of vision. 



In Chapter I, I have described where trout 

 lie at different seasons of the year, and the 

 novice should remember this and act accord- 

 ingly. 



4. Wind. 



One of the greatest bugbears of the angler, 

 when river fishing, is wind. A moderate 

 breeze upstream certainly is an aid to getting 

 out the flies ; but the breeze is quite as 

 likely to be downstream or at some other 

 inconvenient angle. Still pools can, of course, 

 be more easily fished when the wind ruffles 

 them, as the movement helps to blur the 

 trout's vision, just as an additional volume 

 of water does. Should the angler be com- 



