The Fishing of Waters with the Wet Fly 63 



more sport on that day, I stood up, and oh, 

 what a commotion I caused. 



In 1886 I wrote an essay which was 

 printed in the Fishing Gazette, and entitled 

 " Fishing for Trout with the Wet Fly." 

 I quote from the lines with which I con- 

 cluded. " The fishing of small tributary 

 streams ( ( waters ' ) with the wet fly, em- 

 braces all the best principles of fishing up 

 stream." 



" Never fish down, is my rule, on any 

 small ' water/ if the wind permits you to 

 fish up; which it does not always do. 

 Keep out of sight, by wading below the 

 fish, by taking advantage of bushes, etc., 

 by going on your knees, and so forth ; and 

 fish up, fish up, casting incessantly, using 

 such a rod as you can easily manage." 



Previously I have remarked on the folly 

 of allowing a good trout of 1 Ib. or even 

 of 1J Ib. to run as long as you would a 

 salmon. The learner must not mistake my 

 meaning ; he must allow a trout his first or 

 second wild bursts, when he should be "in 

 hand." Then a steady strain on the rod 

 will prevent his breathing easily, and you 

 will soon find him giving in when the 

 landing-net should be slipped under him, 

 without delay. 



