The Caddis. 16 1 



The season of caddis-fishing corresponds closely 

 with that of worm-fishing, and the manner and con- 

 ditions of operation are much the same in both. It 

 is most successful when fished up-stream in a low 

 clear water, with bright sunshine. When the morn- 

 ing is fine and warm, daybreak is the most favour- 

 able time for sport ; and though on a good day the 

 bait continues to "take" till about two o'clock 

 in the afternoon, the angler who is "up in the 

 morning early " will have the heaviest basket. If 

 the weather be cold in the morning, and there be 

 dew on the ground, he need not begin operations 

 till the sun comes out. Fish from the channel 

 side, casting cautiously into the streams and broken 

 water, in precisely the same manner as with creeper 

 and worm. If a sinker is used at all, it should be 

 a very small one indeed. Though it succeeds well 

 in clear water, the caddis, like the worm, is very 

 effective in a black one, especially in flooded burns 

 and smaller streams. In fishing down-stream, as 

 he should in such circumstances, the angler must 

 remember to keep always below his bait, as in 

 worm-fishing, so that he may strike with the cur- 

 rent and not against it. 



Caddis is unknown to many fishers, and, I sus- 

 pect, is much underrated, even by some who do 

 know it. The angler who has any experience of its 

 powers, however, will prefer it to the worm in a 



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