By All Means, Fish Up-Stream 



it must light on the water as it has 

 seen thousands of other insects light; 

 it must float down the stream in pre- 

 cisely the same manner that it has 

 been accustomed all its life to see other 

 insects float with the current. In 

 other words, the very naturalness of 

 the entire game must deceive the trout 

 completely. 



The dry-fly angler must fish up- 

 stream, or up and across stream, and 

 the beginner will make no mistake in 

 following this advice blindly without 

 being influenced by the arguments pro 

 and con by some wet fly fishermen as 

 to whether it is better to fish up-stream 

 or down. True it is not always de- 

 sirable that you cast directly ahead of 

 you on the stream, so that you may 

 risk "lining the fish" as it lies with its 

 head up-stream. By this is meant cast- 

 ing the fly above the trout so that the 



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