INSTRUCTIONS 107 



does not occur in every pool and shallow of the 

 river at the same moment, a fact almost too obvious 

 to mention. The angler, in his anxiety to make 

 the most of his time, may hurry from pool to pool 

 hoping always that the next will show him a fine rise 

 in progress and witness his success ; but instead he 

 may miss the hatch everywhere by arriving at each 

 pool after the flies have passed off or leaving just 

 before they appear. 



There is nothing to be gained by this procedure 

 on a river, though in a small water in which the 

 trout are always, more or less, on the look-out for 

 food it may sometimes pay. We call attention to 

 it because this hurrying over the pools not only 

 tends to spoil the sport of the individual offender, 

 but also that of others who may be on the river. A 

 comparatively short stretch is capable of giving all 

 the sport required, provided that it is carefully 

 fished and duly rested. 



The angler may consider it rather monotonous to 

 go over the same pool or series of pools again and 

 again, and so it may be ; but it is far less dreary 

 than wading miles of a river and receiving only a 

 slight return or none for hours of casting. The 

 main point is that he must find himself at a really 

 good part when the rise begins and, having made 

 the most of his opportunities, he may then satisfy 

 his desire for change of scene by wandering up- 

 stream ; but we feel rather confident that he will 

 be only with difficulty persuaded to leave the place 

 that has already treated him so kindly. 



When trout are rising well, progress up a pool 

 should be very slow indeed, and it will be found that, 

 after the entering stream is reached, the trout at 



