The Fishing of Rivers with the Wet Fly 81 



be urged, it is comparatively seldom that 

 one can command a pool from the centre 

 with good water on both sides. Still, the 

 same fundamental principles should govern 

 the angler who wades up the shallow side 

 of pool (or stream) and fishes from the 

 deeper side. Let him begin by casting 

 directly across, working steadily round, till 

 he finishes by casting straight up stream, 

 and then move up a yard or so and begin 

 afresh. 



I have just remarked that you will not 

 find many pools which you can readily com- 

 mand from the centre. They may be there, 

 but have not yet been discovered. 



I (in common with every one else) had, 

 for several years, walked regularly past such 

 a place on the Tummel, the bushes interfer- 

 ing with fly-fishing, and deep water making 

 it quite impossible to wade in front of them. 

 One day, when I was wearing my long 

 wading trousers, and the river was some- 

 what low, I had been fishing up the stream 

 which flowed out of the aforesaid pool. 

 Something tempted me, for the first time, 

 to make an inroad into the pool, from below. 

 Judge of my surprise when I found that I 

 could wade (somewhat deep it is true) up 

 the very centre. 



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