WHAT THE FISH SEES 



has a small window, and in deep water much 

 larger. Diagram (Figure 15) shows the distance 



Distance Fish can see fly floating 

 above surface of the water > 



/Depth 

 5ft. 4 in. / 6ft. 



4ft. Sin. 7 5ft 



3ft. 6 in. Z 4ft 



2ft. Sin. / 3ft. 



lfL_91iL_y_ 2ft. 



lOinX Ift 



Fish 



FIG. 15. SIZE OF FISH'S WINDOW 



from the eye of the fish to the edge of his window 

 at different depths. 



I have often noticed how close a dry fly must 

 come to a trout in shallow water to have him take 

 it, and in fact I have a moving picture of a rising 



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