STREAMCRAFT 



will catch mostly brown trout on flies and in 

 the pools, and mostly natives in the riffles and 

 on minnows; or in a large pool, brown at one 

 point and native at another; or some analogous 

 phenomena. 



Fish all large pools first from below, and then 

 work toward the upper end; thus you can land 

 fish from the lower end of the pool without 

 spoiling your chances for other and perhaps 

 larger fish at the upper end. 



Keep quiet, as screened as possible, and the 

 sun to your front or side, never behind you, else 

 the shadow of self, rod, and line will frighten 

 the fish. Tread lightly along the bank, and 

 slide rather than step, in wading, to avoid 

 vibration. Aim to have the leader they call it 

 a trace or foot-line, across the water straighten 

 out in the air and the flies to alight gently as may 

 be at each cast; nothing is of greater importance 

 than this. It is well also to keep the reel-line 

 itself off the water as much as possible, which 

 means the avoidance of unnecessary long casts. 

 The angler never lived who could cast any 

 length of line and have only his flies and leader 

 touch the water; such instruction is but a 

 sample of some of the outrageously impractical 

 stuff that has been written to the confusion of 

 the novice. A proficient caster does however 

 get out an amazing amount of line at the same 

 time succeeding in having his flies and leader 

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