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that position. (2.) Trout cannot see the angler more 

 than a few feet behind them, whilst they can and do see 

 many yards in front. (3. ) The vibration of the water, 

 caused by the movement of the advancing angler, if 



Fig. 17. MOVEMENT IN THE " SWITCH " CAST. 



wading, does not penetrate up stream as it does down 

 stream. (4.) The water is not "roiled" or muddled for 

 the fish by wading up stream. 



These include the chief reasons for up stream fishing, 

 and in the face of them I cannot understand there being 

 the ghost of a shadow of reason for arguing for the down 



Fig. 18. THE "SWITCH" CAST. 



stream method of fishing, except that it is easiest. I 

 heard, only the other day, a prominent angler argue that 

 he missed fish more frequently, because of the bellying 

 of the line, in up stream fishing. Now, the bellying is 



