40 Wei-Fly Fishing 



you, rather than dragging it towards you. 

 This is much easier said than done, and, 

 I am free to confess, that if there is one 

 thing I am never quite at home at, as a 

 fly-fisher, it is this very fishing of eddies. 

 Many a good trout lies therein, which owes 

 its existence to the fact that, just as he is 

 about to rise to the artificial fly, the 

 angler raises his hand a moment too soon ; 

 or else, a puff of wind perchance hurries 

 the fly off, at the critical moment, and 

 that trout subsides, to moralize on his lucky 

 escape. 



No two eddies are alike in strength or 

 depth, and thus it happens that he is a 

 clever fly-fisherman, who, with the wet fly, 

 can satisfy himself that he fishes the eddies 

 scientifically (i.e. accurately), methodically, 

 and well. It is, in my opinion, not a very 

 common attainment. 



And now fish the centre current, mov- 

 ing up gradually, till you near the rapid, or 

 rapids, descending from the pool or stream 

 above. All such rapids must be fished up, 

 and the line should be short, especially if 

 the angler is wading in fairly deep water, 

 and below the trout, of course. Throw up, 

 with a quick, direct, forcible cast, and then, 

 lower the point of the rod, so that, when 



