Harling and Boat-angling. 125 



the oarsman, in addition to taking his bearings from 

 objects upon the banks, in order to regulate the speed 

 of his descent, should gauge his lateral position in the 

 stream by breaks and sets upon the surface, or hy pro- 

 jections or landmarks lower down, and this portion of 

 his work requires strict attention, so that water may not 

 be scamped over, or even entirely missed. 



When a fish is hooked while harling with more than 

 one rod, it is not uncommon to row the boat immediately 

 to shore and allow the baits remaining free to fall upon 

 the river's 1)ed until the boatman can reel them up ; 

 but to reel up the temporarily unemployed lines previous 

 to running the boat to land is a more sporting procedure, 

 and is in itself a pretty phase of angling. This system 

 may cause a slight delay, but I object to my lines and 

 baits being on the bottom, and take little pleasure in 

 killing fish in careless or flukey fashion. 



When harler and angler fish well and systematically 

 together they will not miss many fish ; otherwise, it is 

 but mere chance that they effect captures. 



When harling with two rods, one displaying a fly 

 and the other a spoon or minnow, I generally hold the 

 fly rod in my hands, in the ordinary manner, and the 

 second rod, showing spoon or minnow, I lay down in 

 the boat upon the opposite side, or I lay the rod down 

 and pull from the reel about a yard of line, which I hold 



