HOW TO FISH POOLS, STREAMS, ETC. 109 



yard or two further up every cast, the flies may be 

 brought in a wonderfully short space of time over 

 every foot of water where a trout is likely to be. 



Streams should be fished in exactly the same 

 manner as pools ; fishing the side you are on straight 

 up, and the opposite side partly across and partly 

 up. All quiet water between two streams, and 

 eddies behind stones, should be fished straight up, 

 and the flies just allowed to remain sufficiently long 

 to let the trout see them ; and in fishing such places 

 care must be taken to keep the line out of the 

 current. It is more difficult fishing streams than 

 pools, as it requires greater nicety in casting ; and 

 on account of the roughness of the water it is not so 

 easy to see a trout rise. 



In fishing still water with no breeze upon it 

 you should wait until the motion of the line falling 

 has subsided, and then draw the flies slowly towards 

 you ; as, if they were allowed to remain stationary, 

 the trout would at once detect their artificial nature. 



Casting partly across and partly up stream, for 

 a variety of reasons, is more deadly than casting 

 directly up. The advantage of having a number of 

 flies is entirely lost by casting straight up, as they 

 all come down in a line, and it is only the trout in 

 that line that can see them ; whereas if thrown 

 partly across, they all come down in different lines, 

 and the trout in all these lines may see them. In 

 casting across, when the flies light, the stream carries 

 them out at right angles to the line, and they come 



