78 Wet-Fly Fishing 



At other times, I begin at the deep side, 

 working to the shallow on my own side. 

 Without wishing to place too much stress 

 on a purely mechanical plan, I cannot help 

 feeling that it is necessary to give expression 

 to some governing principles connected with 

 the art of fishing thoroughly a pool or a 

 stream in any (Northern) ordinary river, 

 when it is of such volume as to make 

 wading up stream advisable, and fairly easy 

 of accomplishment. 



Very large rivers must be propor- 

 tionately low, especially those which have 

 a rapid fall. A river whose fall is 

 gradual, and wiiose current is gentle, 

 will naturally permit of up-stream wading 

 sooner than the former class of river. I 

 hesitate to use so simple and homely an 

 illustration, but I have none better in my 

 mind. Take, then, the rough plan which 

 I now suggest, from the homely illustration 

 of a wheel with its radiating spokes, before 

 the tire is on. Divide this diagram in the 

 centre. Let the axle, or a little below it, 

 indicate the angler's own position, and the 

 spokes the direction and rough plan of, his 

 upward casts ; and, surely, the illustration 

 will be easily grasped by any young fly- 

 fisherman. 



