140 TROUT LORE 



tain conditions, when after trout, to let the flies 

 descend for a depth of two feet before retrieving 

 is to tempt some sleepy old monster to attack 

 that would not otherwise think of paying any 

 attention to the lures. That is fishing w r ith a 

 deeply sunken fly. Sometimes it is necessary to 

 attach a single shot to the leader about three 

 inches above the fly, all depending upon the 

 character of the water fished, the amount of cur- 

 rent, etc. That the deeply sunken fly will upon 

 occasion win trout I can testify. 



I was fishing a rather sluggish stream, one 

 possessed of few rapids but numbers of deep 

 quiet pools, withal a stream noted for its numer- 

 ous and large fish, being carefully stocked each 

 season. My usual good luck had all but de- 

 serted me, being put to it to keep the camp fry- 

 pan supplied with fish. It was not my fault, 

 rather that of the Weather Man. It was the 

 third week of a midsummer drought ; not a drop 

 of rain had fallen for that length of time, and 

 consequently the stream was very low and the 

 water unusually clear. Naturally the trout 

 were exceedingly shy, loath to leave the dark 

 shades of the deepest pools, and never found in 

 the rapids. I dry-flied, wet-flied, and even re- 

 sorted to "garden hackle" with but indifferent 



