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among them I number some of my best friends. 



If a boatsman is not hired a third angler can join 

 the party and each man handles the boat alternately, 

 but three men fishing from a boat at one time should be 

 avoided. In a pinch one or two men can fish down 

 stream by dragging a light anchor but this should be 

 avoided if possible. 



A pal and I often combine wading and floating in 

 one stream. We put the boat on a wagon and put it 

 in the river where the road crosses it. Then we don 

 waders and fish down stream, the boatsman fetching 

 up in the rear with the boat. When we want some 

 duffle or have a fish to put in the bag we simply walk 

 back or wait for the boat. The end of the day finds us 

 at the main river and a launch picks us up and tows 

 us back to the camp. 



One fishes the same places when casting from a boat 

 as he does when wading. The boat is kept out in the 

 stream and the angler casts toward shore, the boats- 

 man driving a paddle, or better still a garden rake, into 

 the bottom, or dropping anchor if in very deep water, 

 until the likely spot is thoroughly fished. One usually 

 casts a little longer line when floating although I do 

 not believe that a boat tends to scare a fish if the anglers 

 are quiet. You may talk and shout as much as you 

 please as sounds above the water are unheard by the 

 fish something a friend with whom I go trout fish- 

 ing apparently does not believe. Anyway he says my 

 singing scares the trout. I have never learned whether 

 this was a comment on my singing or a compliment on 



