FISHING A WADEABLE STREAM 179 



never for a single moment should he lose control of 

 his lure. He should always keep a taut line. When 

 casting in-shore or against snags, the instant the lure 

 strikes the water, the rodster should begin to reel, 

 tip of rod pointed directly at the lure; then should a 

 bass rise, he is in the proper position to strike, by 

 swinging the tip of the rod sharply to left or right 

 always against the current. But it is woefully hard 

 to give plain and adequate instructions on paper, so 

 many unknown elements may enter into the problem 

 of any given cast. After all, the only worth while 

 guide is that high salaried teacher, Madam 

 Experience. 



If your wadeable stream sweeps through meadow- 

 lands, arching grass leaning out over the moving 

 water, cast close in if the grass is not too heavy 

 through it: for back under the shielding grass, the 

 current has mined a hole in the soft bank, broader 

 and deeper than you would imagine. Such pools are 

 sure to be found at a bend of the stream, on the side 

 followed by the current. As I said before, it would 

 be better, from the view-point of hooking simply, to 

 fish such places from below, but for the reasons 

 adduced I fish from above; though once in a while, 

 when an especially likely looking spot appears, I go 

 around and fish from below. This is the point I 

 would emphasize here, the angler should fish every 

 foot of the overhanging bank thoroughly. 



Often an undermined tree leans out over the 



