n8 Wet-Fly Fishing 



below. I remember quite well, how, in the 

 river Tummel, in the old days, I used to 

 succeed in a signal manner, when thus fish- 

 ing ; and indeed in no river, before or since, 

 have I found feeding trout so constantly 

 lying in "the hang," as in this charming 

 river. 



Our flies must always be allowed to 

 float, or sink, with the natural current of 

 the river. Any unnatural drag, or aimless 

 and stupid trailing around, of the flies, 

 means failure. It was difficult ; and there- 

 fore most pleasurable fishing to me. Of 

 course, when the trout were rising at the 

 natural fly, the method of attack was 

 directness and simplicity itself, to an old 

 hand. Standing a little below, the cast 

 was delivered so that the flies alighted 

 six inches above the rise, and were allowed 

 simply to sail down for a yard or so. 

 Here, it is a point of immense importance 

 to know how to pick your line off any 

 short hing, without giving the slightest 

 note of alarm. Needless to add, the line 

 should be lifted, with the point of the 

 rod turned downwards. The angler must 

 not stand above the place to be fished, else 

 the flies will travel in the arc of a circle, 

 and are never taken properly, then. I 



