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them out of the water, and dare not often. And for 

 various reasons a person alarms the fish less in wading 

 than in fishing from the bank. 



Fish down stream always if possible. You can, in so 

 doing, look over the pools and approach them to the 

 best advantage. It is easier to wade with the current, 

 and as you cast your flies you can let them float natu- 

 rally for just an instant, without their being drawn 

 under the surface. This instant is the time that, in a 

 great majority of cases, you get your rise. Every one 

 who has fished much with a fly knows how often he 

 has whipped every inch of a pool and failed to get a 

 rise where he was sure his flies could be seen from any 

 part of it, and at last, when he placed his flies in one 

 particular spot, his hopes were realized in an instant. 



Why did not the trout rise before ? Because he 

 waited until his food came to him. 



In streams, especially, trout usually rise an instant 

 after the flies touch the water, and I believe that trout 

 in streams commonly wait for their food to come to 

 them, and do not often dart out from where they are 

 lying to any great distance, but wait until the fly 

 comes nearly or quite over them, and then rise to the 

 surface and take the fly with a snap and instantly turn 

 head down to regain the position they had left. In 

 doing this they often turn a somersault and throw 

 themselves out of the water ; as they go over, their tails 

 come down on the water with a splash, which some 

 persons think is intentionally done to strike the fly or 



