WHERE AND WHEN TO FISH 115 



the swiftest part of the current, and this will usu- 

 ally be found close to the boulder. 



When the boulders in a stretch are irregularly 

 scattered, the course of the current being de- 

 flected by them so that the water twists and 

 turns to escape the obstacles in its path, each 

 one may harbour a good fish. Not one of them 

 should escape the attention of the angler. Even 

 those which appear to be in shallow water are 

 worthy of consideration and sometimes yield 

 large fish. The eddies behind them may be 

 fished as much as he pleases, but he should not 

 forget that on the up-stream side the greater 

 number of fish will be found. He should avoid 

 haste, and also the conclusion that because a 

 fish is not risen in one spot there is none occu- 

 pying it. If, by carelessness, he drives out a 

 fish, his chance of taking one higher up in the 

 same stretch is jeopardised. 



Where the current is direct in its flow, travel- 

 ling, apparently, through what might be called 

 a lane of boulders, the fish, if feeding, may be 

 looked for in its middle along its entire course, 

 as well as beside and above the rocks. Be- 

 ginning at the bottom, the water for a very 

 short distance may be covered from a point 

 directly below; but after that the casts should 



