MAYFLY AND LAKE FISHING 93 



Flies for lake fishing are usually rather 

 longer than those for the river, though in 

 a dead calm the small river flies afford the 

 best sport. The size of the flies should be 

 regulated by the amount of wind and the 

 consequent roughness of the water, while 

 the gut cast should always be as fine as the 

 angler dare use. Fishing from a boat drifting 

 with the wind, the flies are cast with the 

 breeze, the point of the rod being raised as 

 the boat approaches the lures, in order to 

 keep the line taut and so ready for a quick 

 strike when a fish rises. A landing-net is a 

 necessity in a boat, and it should be long- 

 handled, in order to afford leverage when 

 lifting a heavy fish, the handle resting beneath 

 the fisherman's elbow. Fishing in a dead 

 calm, small flies and the finest of gut should 

 be used. After the flies alight they are best 

 left alone until the disturbance of their fall 

 has subsided, when they may be slowly 

 drawn in by short jerks. 



5. Where to look for fish. 

 Early in the season, trout favour the 

 shallower water round the northern shores 

 of the lake, because that water is then the 

 least cold, as the sun falls more powerfully 

 upon it and the land adjoining than it does 



