Ill: PRELIMINARY NOTES 



THERE are three keys to successful 

 brook-fishing. The first, which de- 

 serves capital letters, is, WHATEVER 

 YOU DO, KEEP OUT OF SIGHT OF THE 

 FISH, with, as a corollary, spare no pains in 

 doing so. The second is the studying of the most 

 affording parts in varied conditions of the water ; 

 and the third includes the choice of lures, and 

 their treatment in fishing. 



It cannot be too strongly impressed on the 

 novice that a trout which sees the angler is not 

 to be caught, and the axiom that when the angler 

 can see the trout they can see him may, in a 

 general sense, be accepted. No more timorous 

 fish swims, and, according to Mr. Fred Shaw, 

 they can see from a point right ahead to an angle 

 of 60 degrees behind each shoulder. If this 

 theory, applied to rivers, be true, how much 

 more does it concern the narrow waters under 

 discussion ! 

 One matter, however, is beyond all doubt. 



Trout invariably lie in running water with their 



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