Favorite Fish and Fishing 



country, where the angler waits patiently by 

 the stream until a trout rising to a natural 

 fly proclaims its presence. The rest is easy. 

 Practical Hints For obvious reasons it is always best to 

 fish down stream where there is a current; 

 in comparatively still water one may fish 

 up-stream or down. I would advise the 

 angler, by all means, to wade, as he has 

 more command of the water on either hand, 

 with plenty of room for the back cast, and 

 can float his flies under overhanging bushes 

 and banks, or in the eddies of rocks. As 

 the water is cold at this season he should 

 be warmly clad, putting on two pairs of 

 woolen socks or stockings, with rubber hip 

 boots or wading pants. He should move 

 slowly and cautiously, fishing every avail- 

 able spot before advancing a step. By 

 hurrying along as some anglers do, he soon 

 gets heated, even in cool weather, with the 

 result that his nether extremities are soon 

 bathed in a more or less profuse perspira- 

 tion, and he is altogether a " dem'd, damp, 

 moist, unpleasant body." To make haste 

 slowly is the wise and proper thing in wad- 

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