APPROACHING THE WATER. 29 



APPROACHING THE WATER. 



THE APPROACH THE RISE A TROUT'S 



POWER OF VISION AN OLD HAND 



A YOUTHFUL EXPERIENCE. 



THAT trout have eyes "all the better to 

 see you with," like the wolf in Red 

 Riding Hood, is a fact which non-anglers 

 either disregard or are in utter ignorance of. 

 Take the average man out for a stroll along 

 a river bank, either alone or with the girl of 

 his weekly choice, and watch his behaviour on 

 meeting a fisherman. He has perhaps never 

 seen a fish taken on a fly and having time to 

 spare, whether the girl has or not, and feeling 

 a certain amount of interest in sport he 

 naturally thinks he would not only like to see 

 the thing done, but determines that, being on 

 the free list, he may also as well be in the 

 front row of the stalls on this his first night. 

 He accordingly sidles up alongside the river 

 bank some half-dozen yards above the angler 

 the girl is standing on oosey ground and indoor 



