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gets another rise in that pool. Fishing up saves 

 all this. The angler commences at the foot, and 

 when he hooks a trout, pulls it down, and the 

 remaining portions of the pool are undisturbed. 

 This is a matter of great importance, and we have 

 frequently, in small streams, taken a dozen trout 

 out of a pool, from which, had we been fishing 

 down, we could not possibly have got more than 

 two or three. 



The last advantage of fishing up is, that by it 

 the angler can much better adapt the motions of 

 his flies to those of the natural insect. And here 

 it may be mentioned as a rule, that the nearer 

 the motions of the artificial flies resemble those of 

 the natural ones under similar circumstances, the 

 greater will be the prospects of success. Whatever 

 .trout take the artificial fly for, it is obvious they 

 are much more likely to be deceived by a natural 

 than by an unnatural motion. 



No method of angling can imitate the hovering 

 flight of an insect along the surface of the water, 

 now just touching it, then flying a short distance, 

 and so on ; and for the angler to attempt by any 

 motion of his hand to give his flies a living appear- 

 ance is mere absurdity. The only moment when 

 trout may mistake the angler's fly for a real one in 

 its flight, is the moment it first touches the water ; 

 and in this respect fishing down possesses equal 

 advantages with fishing up. But this is the only 

 respect, and in order to illustrate this, we shall 



