BAIT AND FLY FISHING. 65 



inch, leaving half an inch over the point of 

 it. I commenced at the top of the stream 

 where the water runs down to the pool, and 

 cast my bait over and up the stream, letting 

 it come round and down six yards below 

 where I stood, going down four or five 

 yards for the next cast ; but taking care not 

 to let the trouts that were hooked run 

 farther down to disturb those that were 

 below, but brought them up at my feet. 

 The best angling spots in spring are the 

 head and foot of pools, but after the season 

 is advanced, say about May, I have fished 

 between pools with fly, minnow, and worms. 

 Low water is the reverse of flooded water 

 fishing. Walking up and down the bank 

 of a river in this condition is useless, as 

 the trouts see you a great deal better than 

 you see them. I generally looked out a 

 pool sheltered with bushes to screen me 

 from view, and allow me to fish over them 

 or between them. Sometimes I selected a 

 deep pool with high banks, whilst I stood well 

 back out of sight, making very little motion 

 on the surface of the water, simply allowing 

 the bait to drop gently down. I first tried 

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