Bait Angling for Common Fishes 



fishing it is only in the late evening, and 

 then not often. They will rise to the fly 

 much more readily in white foamy water 

 below a dam or falls, though this fish is 

 most uncertain to locate, being much given 

 to roaming about in search of food. In 

 fishing the rapids let the fly be allowed to 

 wander at will, either on the surface or 

 under, just as the current takes it, even giv- 

 ing line that it may go some distance away 

 around rocks and along eddies, for the fish 

 lies mostly at the bottom. When the fly 

 passes over it, it rises with a quick dart, 

 especially if the fly has sunk two or three 

 feet by the force of the water. One fly is 

 sufficient placed at the end of a four or six- 

 foot leader, similar to that used for bass. 

 As to the size of fly, it should be what 

 would be called a large trout fly or a small 

 bass fly. In color use a dark fly in the 

 morning, dark gray hackle, black hackle, 

 gray drake; for the evening use a white 

 miller, silver doctor or coachman. Of the 

 three the latter is the best. As soon as the 



