20 FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



delicate lines and casts used in dry fly fishing. Now we are 

 ready. 



FISHING THE STREAM 



You see, there are one or two more Blue Quill coming 

 down, but no signs of a trout, and as we have plenty of 

 water ahead, we will try and tempt the fish to rise to our 

 fly. Now, this is where experience and stream lore are so 

 necessary. Although brown trout alter their position, they 

 seldom go far from their own particular retreat, yet the 

 wind, the time of day, the heat or cold, the clear or thick 

 state of the water, considerably affect their movements. 

 Loch Leven trout are rarely stationary when feeding, 

 moving from one position in a pool to another. 



Loch trout, and I think Loch Leven trout in particular, 

 when introduced into our southern rivers, are far more 

 inclined to move from place to place in search of food than 

 are the brown trout which inhabit them. The reason for 

 this may be due to the inherited instinct of trout indigenous 

 to lochs which have to seek their food, so far as flying insects 

 are concerned, in ever varying localities in their domain ; 

 while the river trout are obliged to wait in the most favour- 

 able position near their place of refuge until their food is 

 brought to them by the wind or by the current on one or 

 the other side of the stream they inhabit. The trout in 

 lochs, having to roam the water world of the lakes they 

 inhabit for their food, are accustomed to gain security by 

 flight into the comparatively limitless regions surrounding 

 them. 



To men who only cast for rising fish, Loch Leven trout 

 on a deepish stream are a rather worrying proposition, 

 for some time, at least, after their introduction for they 

 prefer the deeper pools, and as the movements of the fish 

 under water cannot, or should not, be seen, and as the spot 



