48 Wet-Fly Fishing 



execrable ; but good trout are to be had, 

 and it is exciting work too. Behind each 

 boulder, or rock, there is generally a bit 

 of calm water which must be fished with 

 care and skill ; also the runs between rocks 

 must be fished up, casting frequently, and 

 in the manner already described ; and all 

 eddies searched thoroughly. But there is 

 one thing I must repeat : never use a long 

 line in such places if you can avoid it, else 

 you will be smashed up now and again, 

 especially if you hook a large trout, and 

 he bolts amongst the boulders. I remember 

 such a place, and (in a high wind) how 

 often I came to grief. The wind was the 

 chief cause that day, for its weight ^upon 

 the rod prevented me from being able to 

 1 ' feel" or control a large trout; the power 

 and weight of the wind on my rod, being 

 the greater of the two forces, by far. To 

 fish good broken water, makes a pleasant 

 change on a suitable day, for it is often full 

 of trout, and if it gets a fair chance at all 

 will "fish" well. It requires a man to be 

 active, and is therefore the very place for 

 the young aspirant, who rather likes hard 

 work, and does not mind a possible spill, 

 whilst wading after an obstreperous and 

 large trout, doing his divilmost to foul the 



