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here is where you will find them as they do not na- 

 turally love fast water. The deep pools at the foot 

 of rapids are the places to look for pike-perch in 

 midsummer. 



Reaches are stretches where the water runs deep and 

 unbroken, such as the water between rapids, and while 

 not fished as often as the pools they yield some fish, 

 especially on cloudy days or during cool weather. 



The rapids are ideal places for live bait, for if a fish 

 is there he is usually feeding and is waiting for the fast 

 water to bring a half-stunned minnow, craw, or hel- 

 gramite into his retreat. The spots to look for fish 

 when working the rapids are the little eddies around 

 outcropping rocks, boulders, or other obstructions, for 

 here is where the fish lie. Drop a few small chips 

 into the stream and watch where they go. Food goes 

 to the same places; see that your baits do also. Gen- 

 erally speaking, the rapids are at their best in spring 

 or fall; the reaches in early summer; the deep holes 

 in midsummer during warm weather, especially the 

 pools where springs enter the stream. 



When fishing an average fast stream it is usually 

 done by wading and this is one of the most enjoyable 

 methods of fishing. You get so close to the water-so 

 intimate with the stream that it soon becomes an 

 old friend. 



Whether to fish up stream or down stream is an old 

 subject of debate among trout fishermen and there 

 seems to be as much diversity of opinion among those 

 vrho seek the bass. Bass, like trout, lie with their 



