Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



ling it when hooked, with the shortest 

 possible length of line out. What rare 

 judgment would he have who always 

 could place himself in that one spot 

 that marked the limit of invisibility, 

 and yet was the nearest possible to the 

 fish! 



While trout have other senses, yet 

 the sense of sight is the only one to 

 which it is necessary for the careful an- 

 gler to give particular heed. There- 

 fore, he must know something about 

 the limit of a trout's vision before he 

 can judge correctly as to whether the 

 fish can see him. All trout lie with 

 their heads up-stream, or at least fac- 

 ing the flow of the current; in the case 

 of deflected currents, they face these 

 currents. Drawing an imaginary circle 

 around a trout, it can see objects 

 within that portion of the circle in 

 front and on either side, covering about 



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