90 FLIES AND FLY FISHING. 



allowing it to sink quite to the bottom, then bring it up 

 again with a succession of sharp, jerky motions of the 

 wrist to about six inches from the surface, and let it sink 

 again, slightly moving its position. In its descent it 

 should always be slightly restrained, so as to cause the 

 stream to carry it in a slanting direction from the top of 

 the rod. 



The eye must be kept on the mark, and, on the bait 

 being seized, this will be raised up, and the strike must 

 be made at once like lightening and rather severely, and 

 the fish played heavily. 



In shallow streams the mark should be placed six 

 inches, or one foot deeper than the water, and kept above 

 the surface so as to indicate the depth to fish. The great 

 point is, that the grasshopper should exactly touch the 

 bottom before it is jerked up again. 



It is very difficult to describe in a manner so plain as 

 to be thoroughly understood the exact mode of using this 

 bait. It requires to watch some good hand at work to 

 enter thoroughly into it ; and it also requires a great deal 

 of practice before becoming a proficient at it, and able to 

 use a line longer than the rod, and to work the centre of 

 the river without wading, and on frosty mornings that is 

 not desirable ; but when wading in the middle of the day, 

 work the water all round you. 



