HINTS ON FISHING 147 



new water and each new spot may be the lurking place 

 of the "grand daddy of them all," that you know you 

 are going to get some day. 



It is best when fishing a stream from a boat to 

 work in pairs, each alternately handling the paddle 

 while the other fishes. Otherwise unless the flow is 

 very sluggish you will be forced to pass by good spots. 



In stream fishing the second man is often necessary 

 as the fish has many things in its favor there are 

 many snags that cannot be seen and you must fight 

 the flow of the stream as well as the strength of the 

 fish. 



The paddler or oarsman should be to the rear of 

 the one casting, the boat should be moved noislessly 

 (which recommends paddling or poling instead of row- 

 ing) and the skipper of the craft should keep the 

 caster within easy casting distance of the good places 

 such as the edge of the weed line, a clump of rushes 

 or spatterdock, tangles of driftwood, jutting logs anJ 

 rocks, fallen trees, stretches of over-hanging banks of 

 foliage. By easy casting distance we would mean 

 about forty to sixty feet. 



Whenever a likely looking spot is found the paddler 

 should if possible stop the boat by driving the paddle 

 into the bottom or silently dropping the anchor until 

 that spot is worked thoroughly. For example, in case 

 of a log jutting its nose out of the water three or four 

 casts along either side of it are none too many. In 

 river fishing, when casting up to obstacles of this kind, 

 the quick retrieve of the lure is necessary. When 



