THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. 25; 



casting a fly, and as this is a partial mixture of both modes,, 

 it is very successful, provided the angler is able to keep well 

 out of sight of the fish. On a bright day, with clouds 

 moving about, keep a good look out for one to cross the sun, 

 and then is a good time to throw a fly it is worth waiting 

 upon. It is not necessary that more than three casts should 

 be made at one spot, unless, indeed, there is a certainty that 

 a good fish is lurking about, when more attention should be 

 paid to him, resting a little between the casts. Keep 

 moving a yard or two up stream, but do not hurry over the 

 water. Many an angler thinks that because another is 

 moving ahead of him he is going to be left behind with an 

 empty creel, and hurries up to get past him. Ten chances 

 to one he is leaving better sport than he will get in front. 

 Never mind what your neighbour is doing in fact, it is 

 better not to know until the day is over. If he has got a fish 

 soon after he starts and you none, and you are aware of this r 

 , it will put you out badly and spoil your enjoyment. There 

 is no sport in which there is more healthy emulation than 

 that of fishing, and to top the score at the end of a day 

 makes an angler as proud although he will pretend he is 

 not as if he had been left a small fortune. Never fish with 

 a longer line than can be delivered straight out on the water. 

 Some anglers err in using a long line, thinking thereby 

 that they are covering more water, whereas they are not, 

 but leaving a lot of the line in rings, which not only frightens 

 the fish, but prevents striking successfully when they see 

 the rise ; a long line, too, is apt to get caught on bushes, 

 grass, or weeds, when making the backward stroke. Fish 

 carefully all quiet water between streams, and if there is a 

 trout about, he will be where the stream merges into the 

 deep. Trout feed all over, and by noting particularly the 



