90 FISHING IN EDEN 



be fished. Walking on the bank, and keeping the 

 body well down, the fly should be allowed to drop 

 within a few inches of the very edge in such places. 

 Good fish are often waiting there for them, and 

 when struck are quite easy to handle, generally 

 rushing off down, and towards, the middle. 



There are also long stretches of water where the 

 river cannot be crossed on account of its deep edges, 

 with running water in the middle, and about three 

 or four feet of oily-looking flat between it and the 

 bank. These are the very places where great sport 

 may be expected, and they are also a fine test in the 

 management of your line. 



The feat to be accomplished, if the most is to be 

 made of such places, is to wade up the middle and 

 drop the fly on to the flat, quiet flow near the edge, 

 and without letting the line itself touch the inter- 

 vening stream. The rod point must, of course, be 

 held well up, and checked, as it were, at the 

 finish. 



In stone-fly fishing a tackle similar to that recom- 

 mended for the creeper is used. (See illustration 

 and explanatory text?) This fly is not so tough as 

 the thick-skinned creeper, and therefore needs more 

 care in putting on. If sufficient of the large female 

 are not available put on two of the males, the top 

 one first. 



