DON'T SEE IT IN THAT LlGHT. 



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HITS we deftly cast the artifi- 

 cial lure on the margin of the 

 streams, or on the bosom of 

 lake or pond, whipping, whip- 

 ping, whipping all the day, and 

 playing trout till twilight. 



Questions in relation to fish- 

 - ing up or down a stream 

 should be decided by the con- 

 dition of the stream and its 

 borders. While casting from 

 Lr the shore, it makes very lit- 

 tie difference which way the 

 stream is fished; but in wad- 

 ing, it is best to fish up stream, because it does, not roil the 

 water, and there is not so great liability to alarm the fish. 

 In making a cast, it is always best to draw the flies across 

 the current, for then the drop-flies will play clear of the cast- 

 ing-line. This is the opinion of most good fly-fishers. First, 

 cast up stream along the shore, and if the stream be not too 

 wide, cast to the farther shore, drawing your flies across the 

 stream, but not too fast, lest the trout become suspicious. In 

 striking, you can not be too quick when fishing up a stream. 

 Cast first near shore ; then a yard or two farther off; next, 

 across the stream. If you get not a rise, take a step or two 

 up the stream and repeat. Continue doing so until a doubt 

 arises as to whether the trout admire your cast ; then replace 

 one fly by another of different color from any on your cast. 

 If that does not take after presenting it several times, take it 

 off and try another extreme in color. Keep changing until 

 you hit the fancy of the trout. When you have found the 

 fly that the trout admire, change your other flies (if you fish 

 with three) to those of colors in slight relief to the taking 

 one ; that is, put on one a trifle darker and the other a little 

 lighter in shade. Anglers are not so high a remove above 

 the rest of mankind as not to be susceptible to a slight influ- 



