HINTS TO ANGLERS. 163 



The young angler must be taught by experience 

 the best situations for fishing. As a general rule 

 however he should try under banks against which 

 flies may have been blown from trees and grass, 

 and at the mouths of streams and ditches running 

 into the river. 



If the weather should be bleak and cold, the fly 

 should be allowed to sink a little below the surface 

 of the water, but on the contrary, with a warm wind, 

 the fly should be kept on the top of it as much as 

 possible. 



If a trout will not take a fly after three or four 

 casts, it is useless to continue trying for one at that 

 spot. In fact, after each throw it is as well to take 

 a step or two either backwards or forwards so as 

 to vary the place where the fly alights. 



The best time for the angler to use his fly is 

 after the water has been somewhat discoloured with 

 rain, and has nearly become clear again also when 

 the day is cloudy with some breeze. When the 

 wind is high, fish are generally to be met with in 

 sheltered deeps. 



Some old anglers thought that the best fish rise 

 late in the evening. This may be so, at all events 

 the young angler is recommended as a general rule 

 to fish as long as he can see his fly. 



By following the above instructions, a beginner 

 in the gentle art of fly-fishing may soon become a 

 proficient, but it is by constant practice alone, and 



