Position in Stream Tactics 



against the cunning of the trout. The 

 "education" theory has been accepted 

 by nearly all angling writers, and few 

 have questioned it. But can not this 

 theory be used at times to "cover a 

 multitude of sins" on the part of the 

 angler, such as gross carelessness in 

 showing himself to the fish, or present- 

 ing the fly in an unnatural or slovenly 

 manner? 



While meditating upon this subject 

 one winter evening, there flashed across 

 my mind the words "the point of van- 

 tage." Now, this is a very common 

 expression, used almost daily, and it 

 has probably been used times without 

 number by fishermen. But the thought 

 that came to me in this connection was 

 that there is one "point of vantage" 

 for the angler in the case of nearly 

 every trout which he is endeavoring to 

 raise to the fly, and that an angler 



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