182 AUTUMN FISHING. 



set, select a deep pool below a stickle. The 

 movements of the fish themselves will best guide 

 you in this selection, for they rise much more 

 freely and in more open water than trout. They 

 merely break the surface with a sullen sort of 

 movement, and take the flies in a sucking manner 

 for they are not so voracious as the trout, and 

 have no teeth in their jaw-bones for holding 

 their prey. Nor are they so timid as to be easily 

 frightened by the line falling clumsily upon the 

 water. Throw your flies as near as you can to 

 the rising fish, and allow them to sink a little, at 

 the same time drawing them with a tremulous 

 motion towards and over the place where you 

 expect a rise. Strike the moment the fish rises, 

 and haul ashore without the ceremony of play- 

 ing for, being leather-mouthed, there is little 

 danger of the hold being broken. 



The Autumn fishing vies with that of Spring, 

 and in rivers which are frequented by salmon and 

 salmon-peal it is in some respects even superior 

 to it. The trout are fat and vigorous after their 

 summer feeding, and in favourable weather they 

 are, throughout the day, generally eager in pur- 

 suit of food. These remarks apply to October 

 and the end of September, and they are more 



