WHERE AND WHEN TO FISH 89 



Each pool or piece of water should be ex- 

 amined carefully after it has been fished. In 

 this way the deeper holes, the nooks under the 

 banks, and the crevices between boulders are 

 discovered and marked down. If the angler is 

 to spend much time on a stream that is new to 

 him, it is even permissible to enter the deeper 

 water quietly for the purpose of a thorough in- 

 vestigation; but under no circumstances should 

 this be done if other anglers are upon the stream. 

 As a rule, we are too careless of others' rights, 

 and the ethics of fly fishing should be observed 

 quite as closely as the code that governs our 

 actions in any other sport. 



A long, flat stretch of the stream is likely to 

 contain many big fish, and must be approached 

 in the most circumspect manner. The angler 

 who hopes to take one of them should study 

 the water carefully before entering it, and strive 

 to determine just where the biggest fish lie. 

 The character of the water and its tempera- 

 ture and the prevailing weather conditions are 

 the data from which he must make his de- 

 ductions. 



By way of illustration, let us assume that the 

 angler is upon the stream, prepared to fish it. 



The day is one somewhere between the first 



