58 BROOK AND RIVER TROUTING 



The angler should begin at the tail end of the stream 

 and work gradually up, placing his fly over every rise 

 and in all such places as are likely to hold feeding 

 fish. 



On occasions when all else fails, a trial may be given 

 to a fancy fly, such as the Pink Wickham or Coachman. 

 With such patterns during that most tantalising of 

 rises the writers have sometimes retrieved their 

 fortunes. Then, as dusk comes on and the dry fly 

 becomes difficult to see, let the angler quickly change 

 to a cast of wet flies, the flies dressed a size larger 

 than those usually used during the day, and before 

 the rise is over his creel may be the heavier for the 

 change. 



The dry fly has done yeoman service on some of 

 those impossible days when fish streak away like 

 lightning directly the cast falls on the water. By 

 much stalking and careful fishing of out-of-the-way 

 places and odd corners, the writers have sometimes 

 finished with a brace or two which have given great 

 satisfaction. 



It is very comical to see the evident surprise of a 

 fish which is taken in by a dry fly when he is quietly 

 feeding in the shallows. Before he moves off for the 

 stream he often seems to completely lose his head, 

 bouncing about half in and half out of the water, and 

 creating no end of a splash. On one occasion within 

 the writers' experience under such circumstances a 



