120 Wet-Fly Fishing 



Forrest & Sons, of Kelso. He was re- 

 luctant to speak of it, even to me, but at 

 last I got the exact details. 



They convey to me the idea of an 

 absolutely perfect afternoon's fly-fishing. 

 There was not a breath of wind on "the 

 hing." Also it was quite flat water, and 

 Tweed trout are cunning old dogs; yet 

 in less than three hours my old friend had 

 creeled twenty-three trout, which weighed 

 16 Ibs. 12 ozs. ; his best dozen weighing 

 12 Ibs. 12 ozs. 



With large flies (March browns) in the 

 early spring, such a basket and average 

 on the Tweed would be one to be proud of; 

 but, under the particular circumstances, it 

 was a remarkable performance, one I myself 

 never saw equalled on that river in my life, 

 taking into consideration the whole details 

 now given, the " average," not least. 



He, of course, knew how to cast and 

 how to place his fly very few better. 



When trout are feeding on the surface : 

 (1) wade gently; (2) make each cast a 

 true one ; (3) cast up and across (at times 

 straight up) ; (4) don't sink your flies more 

 than you can help, because trout at present 

 are expecting to see the natural insect 

 floating down with gauzy wings erect on 



