CHAPTER X. 



Where to cast Keeping out of Sight Advantages and Dis- 

 advantages of Wading Streams apparently Barren Likely 

 Spots A Quiet Way of doing Things Much ado about 

 Nothing Where to find Fish Banks should not be shaken 

 Fishing directly Down-stream unadvisable How to 

 cast Down-stream 'Every Fish has its Angle' Wet-fly 

 and Dry-fly The Virtue of Humility Why a Dry-fly 

 fails on certain Streams Hackles v. Wings for Wet-fly 

 Fishing The Use of the Dry-fly An Unbeliever A 

 Convert How to fish with a Dry-fly Tailing Fish A 

 Day of Woe The ' Coppersmith ' and the ' Tinsmith '- 

 Casting with a Dry-fly ' Streams within Streams ' 

 Wandering Fish Vacant Shoes A Slice of Luck 

 Long Lines and Short A Change of Tactics An Alterna- 

 tivePlaying a Fish ' Notice to Quit 'A ' Sell 'Testing 

 a Fish' Give and Take 'The Value of Good Hands- 

 Fish jumping when hooked School-board Education 

 Landing a Fish * Double-hooked ' Foul-hooked. 



IF my remarks on the subject of how to cast a 

 trout-line have been of any service to the reader, 

 it may perhaps further aid him if I offer a few 

 suggestions as to where he should cast it. 



If fish are rising there is not much to be said on 

 the subject, for it rests with the fisherman to 

 make his selection. There are, however, many 

 rivers in which the fish do not rise freely, and yet 



