118 TBOUT PISHING 



you, and a little quiet spot the other side to that 

 on which you are standing, your cast must be as 

 nearly up-stream as possible it will be probably 

 a little oblique throw boldly, so that your end 

 fly pitches close to the stone say, touches it, then 

 your bob fly will drop in, and by that time the 

 current will begin to wash on the collar and carry 

 it down ; now, there is just a nicety of judg- 

 ment required to measure the time you must allow 

 the end fly to remain in the quiet water on the 

 side of the rapid; if you pull on the line by 

 moving the rod too quickly, the fish will dash at 

 the fly, but probably miss it, for as soon as you 

 pull, the whole collar is in the rapid current, and 

 moves so rapidly that the trout cannot catch it, 

 as he and the fly are not moving in the same 

 direction. The trout dashes directly at the fly 

 in a straight line, but the fly sweeps round and 

 the trout is left behind, and before he recovers 

 himself, the fly is washed out of his view down 

 the stream but, if you leave it too long in the 

 still water, the trout will not take your fly for 

 anything living or eatable, and will be scared 

 away. A little practice will decide the point for 

 you, and generally, as soon as you have seen the 

 fly clearly, you may raise your rod, so as to keep 

 the bob fly on the surface, and this will be suffi- 

 cient, for speedily the current will wash the collar 

 towards you, and of course, to keep the line 

 " taut " and the bob fly on the surface, you must 

 move your hand and rod. If the spot you are 

 going to fish is itself rapid water, allow for a mo- 



