54 TROUT LORE 



automatically when on the stream, but are very 

 hard to tell about on paper. I sometimes think 

 that fishing wisdom is a sort of sixth sense and 

 not to be acquired through instruction. Always 

 when fishing a stream a sharp bend means a 

 deep pool, which, early in the season, is full of 

 fish. Fish such places from above, using a long 

 line; if the trout are "fighting shy," even fish it 

 from the next pool above. Under such condi- 

 tions I have used two hundred and more feet of 

 line to good purpose. A log deeply submerged 

 always spells trout with golden letters to me. 

 Cast above, 'way above, so that the worm will 

 have a chance to sink to the bottom; then if the 

 current whisks it under and you do not hook 

 something worth while it will be because your 

 stream is literally fished out. An up-turned 

 stump, with sprawling, sprangling roots, always 

 shelters trout, though it also offers safe refuge 

 for them. Cast in such a place and be ready to 

 draw the fish away as soon as he strikes or you 

 will lose the fish and probably some terminal 

 tackle. Where a bunch of foam eddies 'round 

 and 'round, say above a log when the current 

 pulls under, or in a pool between rocks, there 

 you will find fish. The shade of a bridge, es- 

 pecially a low-hanging one, is appreciated by 



