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trout streams is such as to definitely discourage 

 fishing the rise purely, it cannot be too strongly 

 emphasized that the dry fly-angler, while fish- 

 ing the water, should constantly be on the look- 

 out for a rising trout. Time and time again, 

 while fishing a good pool or run where the rise 

 of a trout could be noted, the writer has spot- 

 ted rising fish to his very practical advantage. 

 In this regard it might be well to note the fact 

 that a rising and feeding trout creates very lit- 

 tle disturbance on the surface of the stream, 

 and does not, in accordance with the popular 

 idea, leap above the surface; sometimes there 

 is a slight "plop," and at times a little spray 

 thrown, but the fish very seldom shows itself, 

 and twenty trout could rise within the vision of 

 an inexperienced and inattentive angler without 

 attracting his attention. Upon glassy, still pools 

 the subsequent widening circle of ripples tells 

 the plain story of a rise; in a current, however, 

 the actual rise must be seen and often is if you 

 are looking for it. 



