I 4 6 PRACTICAL BAIT CASTING 



is simply a more or less weed-bordered river and 

 will handle the swifter portions under the subject 

 of small fast streams. 



Such a stream will be fished either from shore or 

 from a boat as they are often too deep to wade or 

 the soft bottom prohibits this method. Fishing from 

 shore is a favorite style with many casters in certain 

 parts of the country. One simply walks along the 

 banks as noislessly and as inconspicuously as possible, 

 casting into the likely spots. If the stream is narrow 

 enough to enable the caster to reach the opposite shore 

 it is then a very deadly method. Strong tackle should 

 be used when shore casting and especially must the 

 line be good, as landing a fish under such circumstances 

 is not always an easy proposition. 



Floating down the stream, however, has much to 

 recommend it. There is an indescribable charm in 

 such fishing as every turn or bend of the stream pre- 

 sents new scenes, little gems of landscape, opportunities 

 for nature study that you can get in no other way, 

 not even by wading. As your boat drifts silently down 

 with the flow you become a part of the stream and if 

 you keep silent you will be accepted as one of the fam- 

 ily by the river and wood folks you meet on your 

 way. 



Even the squirrels forget to chatter at you, the blue- 

 jays do not scold as they do when you invade their 

 domain afoot, the turtles do not permit you to disturb 

 their siestas in short "y u belong." Besides, coming 

 back to the subject of fishing, you are always fishing 



