40 BROOK AND RIVER TROUTING 



" downstream " being used in connection with this 

 class of fishing is that the angler himself works down 

 the river. 



The next question for consideration is, when is 

 downstream fishing advisable ? It may truly be 

 answered, " Not often," for its practice might be 

 confined to strong and full waters, to waters tinged 

 with colour, to cold Spring days before and after the 

 hatch, to evening fishing in such places as have the 

 river flowing towards the sunset, and, lastly, to 

 occasions when a heavy downstream wind or the 

 nature of the country leaves the angler no choice. 



The enthusiast frequently finds himself on the river 

 bank on a Spring morning long before the sun's rays 

 have warmed the air, or any sign of insect life is visible. 

 With experience he will find that at such times the 

 trout are not in the heavy rapid streams, but may 

 be looked for in steady flowing water, 



A favourite place, which the writers would never 

 pass by on such an occasion, is formed when a stream 

 some two feet deep flows gently along the edge of a 

 bank, and particularly if the bank be overhung, or 

 other natural causes make it a harbour or refuge for 

 the stream's inhabitants. 



Let the novice who finds himself, cold Spring 

 weather prevailing, at the top of such a stream, cast 

 in the manner described across, but slightly upstream, 

 towards such bank. As the flies are carried down, let 



