SHADE-FISHING FOR TEOUT. 



AN angler who wishes to obtain a dish of trouts 

 will not wait till they are inclined to take the 

 artificial fly, provided he can fairly hook them by 

 availing himself of other means. In days when the 

 water is clear and smooth not a breeze stirring to 

 curl its surface and when there is not the slightest 

 chance of success with the artificial fly, the shade- 

 fisher will not unfrequently bring home a dozen or 

 two of good trouts. In shade- fa' shing, the angler 

 ought to use a stiff rod and a line strong enough to 

 lift out a trout the moment he is struck ; and for 

 bait we know nothing better than gentles. The 

 best situations for practising this method of angling 

 are the banks of streams shaded by trees and bushes 

 that conceal the angler from the sight of the trouts 

 which are taking their ease in the pool below, 

 leisurely opening their mouths and plying their 

 gills as if between sleeping and waking. Having 

 put a couple of gentles on his hook, let the angler 

 warily make his way through the bushes, and pro- 

 jeqt his rod as imperceptibly as the motion of the 

 shadow on the dial ; and drop his hook as gently 

 as a caterpillar lowers himself from the branch of a 



