22 DOWN STREAM UP STREAM DRY FLY. 



strike, so if you like adopt both plans alter- 

 nately and judge for yourself. ^ 



Probably like most people who take up fly 

 fishing and who are keen to become more or 

 less proficient at it, you will soon discard this 

 method altogether, excepting when season, wind 

 or water renders it the only way of filling a 

 basket. That the down stream style will fill a 

 basket on certain days is undeniable, and thirty 

 years ago it was in general use. Fortunately 

 for the stock of trout in many rivers they only 

 come to the downstream lure for a few weeks 

 in early spring with that wonderful freedom 

 which old-fashioned anglers love to recount. I 

 have seen a three days' take of ninety fish fall 

 to one rod in March, more than half of which 

 were dark little eely things of four or six 

 ounces which should never have been killed. 

 On such days as these it is probable that nearly 

 every fish that saw the flies tried for them and 

 one can quite credit tales of three being taken 

 on a cast. Two will occur at times, in which 

 case secure the end fish first, as the fellow on 

 the dropper can still be played from the net if 

 he proves lively, whereas should the dropper 

 fish be in the net, the end one can at once get 

 a sharp pull on taut gut and manage his own 

 release. 



If after a day or two of down streaming the 

 water fines and the wind drops, or still better 

 gives place to sharp showers and sunny 

 intervals, change your tactics and fish up stream 

 casting up-and-across and be ready to strike at 



