160 FLY FISHING 



In sea trout fishing there is no waiting about for 

 the fish to come on the rise, but constant fishing 

 and walking and experiment, and on good days 

 the day does not seem long enough to find out 

 for certain where the best of the fish are. 



The sea trout is a wild mysterious animal 

 without a home, and its habits differ as much 

 from those of brown trout as the habits of wild 

 fowl or woodcocks do from those of partridges. 

 Being such a vagrant it never has the chance of 

 the persistent continuous education in the matter 

 of angling and tackle, which some brown trout 

 receive, and its standard in the matter of flies 

 and gut and casting is not so high or refined. 

 On the other hand, its appetite in fresh water is 

 more capricious, it is hardly ever on the look- 

 out for any special flies which can be selected, 

 and the angler has to trust more to the mood 

 of the sea trout and his own knowledge of the 

 river after a spate than to any superior excellence 

 of skill beyond the average, or extra fineness of 

 tackle. When sea trout are in the mood they 

 take as freely as brown trout ever do, but in 

 fresh water they are liable to longer spells of 

 indifference or obstinacy. I think that, as is 



