STREAMCRAFT 



a Whirling Dun. Now, this third man does 

 come pretty near to being skilful. 



Upstream Fishing. As trout habitually lie 

 poised or resting with their heads pointing 

 against the current, upstream, whether or not 

 on the immediate lookout for food floating down, 

 it often is good generalship, especially in fish- 

 ing the smaller streams having a quick fall, and 

 all the more so when the water is low and 

 clear, to fish up the stream and thus approach 

 your quarry from below and beneath, regard- 

 less of whether you are fishing wet or dry, 

 ' 'worming it," or even if fishing with the minnow. 

 By this plan not only are the fish less liable to 

 see you, but also there is less chance of pulling 

 the hook out of their mouths in striking, and 

 any muddying of the water or loosening of 

 gravel in wading will not disturb fish in the 

 unfished water above . If using the minnow the 

 bait may be cast up and across into the deeper 

 water, and having completed the arc which 

 brings it to the line limit below the fisherman, 

 it may then be drawn up to him against the 

 current, along the shallower side of the stream, 

 in a series of twitches. 



As upstream work is largely short-line fishing 

 the arm reaching .out to the uttermost in 

 making the cast and the rod being held high 

 and the flies drawn lightly over the surface of 

 the water directly toward the caster with a 



