190 FISHING GOSSIP. 



turnal excursions may conveniently practise this 

 kind of angling in the same boat. They are seated 

 respectively, one at the stem, the other at the stern, 

 the rower occupying the middle seat. The fishing is 

 conducted partly by trolling the flies, partly by cast- 

 ing. That is, while the boat is being taken up to 

 the head of the wind and of the reach of water to be 

 angled, the flies are trolled with about twenty or 

 thirty yards of line out, and the rods lowered to the 

 gunwale of the boat ; but the above points being 

 gained, the craft is allowed to drift parallel with the 

 waves and by the action of the wind alone. It is the 

 duty of the rower to keep the boat perfectly in a line 

 with the wave, so that one of the anglers is not ad- 

 vanced before the other. If the craft is properly 

 constructed for lake-angling, with stem and stern 

 alike, it will keep its proper place on the drift with- 

 out assistance of oar or helm. The rods are now 

 taken up, the lines reeled in to the proper length, 

 which will be about that of the rod used, and the 

 process of casting commenced ; the casting is of course 

 performed alternately by the anglers in the direction 

 of the wind, care being taken that the process is 

 well timed, and that the flies fall lightly on the 

 water, and are drawn in a line somewhat diagonal 

 to the trough of the waves. When the reach of 

 fishing - ground selected is exhausted, another is 

 chosen, and so on. 



