Importance of Invisibility 



As boys, we were all taught the great 

 importance of keeping out of sight of 

 the trout. When there were bushes be- 

 side the stream, we hid behind them as 

 much as possible. When fishing the 

 meadow brooks, we kept far away from 

 the banks, many times crouching down 

 or getting on our knees when casting 

 bait or fly into the favorite hiding places 

 of the trout. But now, as men, we are 

 perhaps fishing on larger streams, and 

 as we cast our floating fly up-stream 

 we are wading. It is of the utmost 

 importance not to be seen by the fish 

 as we carefully approach it from be- 

 hind, and yet it is essential that we 

 should use no longer line than is ab- 

 solutely necessary. The shorter the 

 line the more accurately and delicately 

 we can place the fly, and we have 

 learned that there is more certainty of 

 hooking the rising fish, and of control- 



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