92 TROUT-FISHING FOR THE BEGINNER 



4. Lake fishing : Outfit. 

 Now and then, the novice will no doubt 

 like to have a day's fishing on some lake 

 or tarn. The outfit suitable for the river 

 is equally applicable to the lake, although a 

 rather longer and more powerful rod may 

 well be used, if there is a likelihood of hooking 

 a salmon while trout fishing. Some lakes 

 hold a fair number of salmon, and it of 

 course takes longer to kill one of these fish 

 with a light trout rod than it does with a 

 more powerful weapon. Still, it can be done, 

 and the victory is all the more pleasing on 

 that account. Trout being the main object, 

 however, an ordinary 9-foot or 10-foot fly- 

 rod is the least tiring to handle during a 

 long day, and many more fish will be killed 

 with it than when using a larger rod, as the 

 smaller weapon strikes quicker and so misses 

 very few rises, especially where the trout run 

 from J Ib. to 1 Ib. The above applies to 

 fishing from a boat, where the angler usually 

 has a breeze behind him. In angling from 

 the shore, the want of a longer rod is some- 

 times felt when trout are rising within long 

 casting distance of the bank, but even then 

 if the fishermen will wade whenever possible 

 the short, light rod does all that is asked 

 of it. 



