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with the current, either cast well over and reel 

 up, or let the fly float down, without the shot of 

 course, sink, and then reel. Again I warn you 

 that fishing from above will not be apt to prove 

 very successful. The fish either see you or dis- 

 cover the fraud. In casting from below, use all 

 your casting ability, lay a long line and lay it 

 without undue commotion, as you hope for a 

 strike. Do not hurry; in fishing with the deeply 

 sunken fly, the reward is to the patient. I sup- 

 pose the method might be compared to trolling 

 but to me it is far more fascinating, more de- 

 pending upon the ability and judgment of the 

 rodster. The angler must know where the fish 

 lurk, where the currents swing, where the snags 

 and other obstructions lie in wait: all this must 

 he know, and more, if he is to angle successfully 

 with the deeply sunken fly. 



To illustrate the effectiveness of the deeply 

 sunken fly let me narrate another happening as 

 I conclude this chapter. I was fishing a large 

 stream, wide and deep, yet a trout water, strange 

 as it may seem to those who think of speckled 

 trout as "brook trout." The fishing was "off 

 color." I had resorted to bait, artificial lures, 

 spoons, everything in fact that could be sup- 

 posed to attract trout; but all to no purpose. 



