Fish and Fishing 



the water than they are drawn rapidly away in a 

 most unnatural manner, and without giving the 

 trout time to seize them should they feel inclined. 

 In order to make the flies light first, consider- 

 able force must be employed in casting; the rod 

 must be kept well up. It is upon this point be- 

 ginners fail. Their unavailing efforts to get the 

 line well out are entirely owing to their allowing 

 the point of their rod to go too far 

 First '^^ down, and to their stopping it too 

 quickly, which makes the point re- 

 coil, and stops the line in its forward motion. 

 When the flies are just about alighting on the 

 water, you should slightly raise the point of the 

 rod; this checks the downward motion, and they 

 fall more softly. 



Throw a long and light line when fishing down 

 stream, so that the angler is not seen ; fishing up 



stream a long cast is not so neces- 

 D?wn Stream ^^^J because their tails face you. 



In contradistinction to the maxim 

 of throwing a long line, never use a long line when 

 a short one will answer the purpose. If too much 

 line touches the water it is impossible to make the 

 flies light first. A long line is also very difhciilt to 

 cast neatly behind stones or under a bank. The 



greatest objection to it, however, 



^^f.*^'" . , is its disadvantages in striking; a 

 Striking with . . .. ,. i • ., . 



Short Line trout; it lies curved in the water, 



and when the angler strikes, it is 



some time before the flies move, and then without 



much force; with a shorter line, the least motion 



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