WATER INSECTS AND THE RISE 85 



FLY FISHING AT NIGHT 



There are undoubtedly rivers or lakes on which during 

 the day time it is almost impossible to obtain a fish, but on 

 which it is possible to make very good baskets of trout during 

 the night time, by casting well across the water with a 

 large and darkish dry fly, and drawing this fly slowly over 

 the top of the water, thus imitating the fluttering motions 

 of a flying insect which has fallen on the surface. 



A " dry " fly, which, from its size or its drag, will put a 

 fish down in daylight, appears to stimulate the same fish 

 at night time. One can, therefore, fish with a dry fly at 

 night, can throw to the sound of a rise, and, by gently 

 dragging the fly along the water, can feel the touch of the 

 rise which is likely to follow. A large fluffy fly, such as the 

 Stone Fly, or a Sedge, will be found to be the best to use. 



The best method, in playing a fish at night time, is to 

 move the rod point in the opposite direction to that 

 towards which the fish is struggling, and to continue to do 

 this until the latter is sufficiently quiet to be drawn in and 

 netted. 



FISHING BY MOONLIGHT 



And now the moon has risen and is lighting a path of 

 silvery brightness on the placid waters of the trout stream. 

 You are wading, and the stream is broad, and the banks 

 low. Watch this path of melted silver, spilt as it were on 

 the inky surface of the stream, and ere long a small speck 

 will appear, followed by a single tiny ring which quietly 

 opens out round it a rise which would not, perhaps, have 

 been noticed in the daylight, though probably caused by a 

 good fish. Now throw your Silver Sedge just above, and 

 let it float over the place in which you saw the rise, and you 

 will get your fish, maybe with less trouble than you would 



