Il8 SUMMER ANGLING 



Being on the bank of the river, you must find 

 out about the wind ; for to it you owe the placing 

 of your fly where the fish are. Having slipped 

 the hook into the girdle of silk thread round the 

 fly, you raise your rod aloft, and begin drawing out 

 your fine silk line. The looser the strands of the 

 line the better, as the wind catches it the more 

 readily when it is loosely twisted. Let it float 

 out before the wind, till some forty feet or more 

 are being blown up or down over the stream. 

 Then by lowering the point of the rod, drop your 

 fly just on the water, let it float a few inches, 

 and lift the rod again, so as to take it off, con- 

 tinuing to do this over any likely spots you may 

 perceive. It is rare that a trout refuses to rise to 

 this lure, and there is really more in it than seems 

 to be the case from this brief mention. 



Fly-fishing with the natural fly is to be com- 

 mended as a killing method of fishing at all times 

 where possible ; but it does not compare with fish- 

 ing with the artificial fly as an art. 



A word of advice may here fitly be given in ref- 

 erence to the playing and landing of a hooked 

 trout. Don't forget that you must never allow the 

 fish a slack line ; keep the tip of the rod always 



