66 ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHING. 



behind them, and we almost invariably kill a few 

 larger trout in a river with the fly than with the 

 worm. 



Though our remarks in this chapter have princi- 

 pally reference to angling in small rivers, where 

 fishing up is essential to success, the same arguments 

 hold good in every size or colour of water in a less 

 degree, as even though the trout cannot see the 

 angler, the other advantages which we have men- 

 tioned are still in his favour. 



If we were fishing a large river when it was 

 dark- coloured, and required to wade deep, we should 

 fish down, because the fatigue of wading up would, 

 under such circumstances, become a serious drawback. 

 In such a case we fish in the following manner : 

 Throwing our flies, partly up and partly across from 

 where, we are standing, we allow them to swim 

 down a yard or two, when we cast again, never 

 allowing them to go below that part of the stream 

 opposite us. But though the angler gets over the 

 ground as quickly this way, and casts as often, as if 

 he were fishing up, yet he has not the same chance, 

 because if a trout catches sight of his flies just as 

 he is lifting them, their sudden abstraction may 

 deter it from taking them on their again alighting ; 

 whereas in fishing up the angler casts a yard or two 

 further up every time, so that every trout may see 

 his flies at the moment they alight. 



The reader must not suppose that fishing up is 

 all that is necessary for success ; on the contrary, 



