CHAPTER XXII 



CASTING THE FLY 



"Ah, tired man! Go find a spot 



Somewhere in solitude; 

 Take hammock, books and tackle 



And wearing apparel crude, 

 And live, if but the shortest time, 



A wild life in the wood 

 A-fishing, reading, dreaming, 

 And you'll declare it good. " 



J. MILTON HARKINS. 



Up and Down Stream. English Anglers wade up- 

 stream, and some Anglers in America do the same. 

 There is good reason in this manner of wading on the 

 part of the old country's Anglers, because where they 

 practice it the water is quiet and not altogether 

 shallow. In America, where our trout waters are rapid 

 and foaming as they rush along, it is not practical as a 

 general rule to wade upstream. The walking is 

 difficult, you become wet, the trout see you notwith- 

 standing they lie face up stream, your flies drift 

 toward you, it is hard to keep the line from being 

 slack all the time, the flies sink too often, and alto- 

 gether you spoil the chances of creeling whatever is 

 takable in the stream. On still, barely-flowing, deep 

 waters a line may be cast up or down stream. 



Down Stream. " There is much diversity of opinion 

 about the manner of fishing, whether up or down the 



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