WHERE AND WHEN TO FISH 101 



Great perseverance, even persistence, is required 

 to induce a fish to leave a retreat of this sort in 

 which he is snugly ensconced, but the attempt 

 should not be abandoned while it is certain 

 that no blunder has been made. Large trout 

 love these places, and coaxing one out is worth a 

 great deal of effort. 



Long before a rise is effected, warning of the 

 possibility of its coming off is given by the 

 flash of a trout as he leaves his position under 

 the bank to assume another under the lane or 

 hatch of frauds. The trout is often a better 

 judge of distance than the angler, and when 

 this action of the fish is observed, any attempt 

 to make it easier for him by placing the fly 

 closer to the bank will, in all probability, put 

 a stop to further interest on his part. Diffi- 

 cult as it is to disobey the impulse to place the 

 fly where the fish was seen, it must be resisted, 

 because, while there is a possibility that the fish 

 may be risen, there is a greater likelihood that he 

 will be put down. For this reason the original 

 plan should be followed without deviation. 

 Ask him to come to the fly, and, while he may 

 seem diffident at first, he will finally accept the 

 invitation. 



These swifts, or runs, as they are termed, 



