84 THE DRY FLY AND FAST WATER 



taking of an unseen fish by repeatedly casting 

 over a chosen spot in other words, of "forcing 

 a rise." The incident has an added interest 

 because a fellow angler witnessed it and was 

 thereby convinced that a fish could be moved 

 into position by the fly. 



We were fishing the Brodhead, in Pennsyl- 

 vania. It was in July and the day was very- 

 hot. The water was extremely low and very 

 clear, and the upper reach of the stream just 

 below the Canadensis bridge, which we had 

 elected to fish, did not look big enough to 

 hold a trout of any size. In one particular 

 stretch there was a hundred yards of very 

 shallow water, a small pocket on the right- 

 hand bank being the only likely looking spot. 

 I knew this stretch held many fine fish when the 

 stream was in better condition, and I decided 

 that this particular pocket might be the abiding- 

 place of a good trout. As it was approaching 

 the noon hour, I determined to go no farther 

 up-stream but to spend a half hour experi- 

 menting on the little pocket. 



The surface of the miniature pool was not 

 over eight feet wide anywhere nor more than 

 that in length, but its depth below a jutting 

 rock which formed one side of it convinced me 



