8o THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. 



need not exceed three feet in length, as only one fly is 

 used, and none of the line touches the water. The hook 

 is a round bend special make very small No. i or 2, Kendal 

 scale. On this the natural fly, which may be a blue 

 bottle, a moth, or beetle, is impaled, and the lure is then 

 allowed, with a quiet motion of the wind, to be wafted over 

 the rising fish or the spot where a fish is supposed to be. 

 The fly may be allowed just to hover on the surface of the 

 water, and is sucked in by the fish, when it is struck 

 and played. This style of angling may be done from a 

 boat, when daping is comparatively straight work, but 

 very often it is practised from the bank of a river over- 

 hung with bushes, briars, &c., and underneath which the 

 trout are lying waiting for flies which drop off the bushes, 

 In this case the line is shortened until only the cast is free 

 of the top, when the latter is wound round the point of the 

 rod, by turning it in the hand until all the line is rolled up to 

 the hook. The rod is now pushed through the intervening 

 bushes until the point is clear of them, when the line is 

 unwound and the fly allowed to descend to the water. The 

 angl-er must be very quiet in his motions ; no shaking of the 

 rod or bushes, and everything must be kept out of sight of 

 the fish, unless what cannot be helped. In the warm 

 summer evenings this is a very successful way of capturing 

 fish, and they are usually good ones too. This is a favourite 

 mode for angling for chub, which are generally found in 

 shady spots close to the banks ; it is also the style for the 

 celebrated green drake fishing, which is very exciting sport 

 while it lasts. (Described elsewhere). 



Derby Twist. This is a spun silk line made in 

 different degrees of thickness, and used by barbel, roach, 

 and occasionally pike fishers. 



