64 THE WAY OF A TROUT WITH A FLY 



of the surface. Then there is, of course, bulging properly 

 so called, where the fish move to and fro to intercept the 

 nymphs carried down by the current. Here in general 

 the indication of the rise is the swirl of the fish as it turns 

 after capturing its prey. There is also the rise to hatching 

 caddis, such as the grannom — having an appearance much 

 like bulging; the rise to the running sedge — something of 

 a slash; the rise to tiny midges and curses, which may be 

 an example of the ordinary rise to surface food if the 

 insect be perfect, or of subaqueous taking if the insect be 

 yet unhatched. 



Of the rises of cruising trout in still or extremely slow 

 water it is not necessary to add anything, except to say 

 that at times they partake of the character of the slash 

 and at times of the sip. 



Of the rise to snails spoken of by Mr. Halford in one of 

 his works, the present writer has had no experience. 



Summarizing briefly the types of rise we appear to have 

 at least the following: 



Over-Surface Rises. 



Ordinary rise to floating dun or upwinged spinner and 

 its variants, namely: 



Big rise with kidney-shaped double whorl to large 

 floating dun (such as blue- winged olive or its spinner) . 



Sucking rise to medium-sized floating flies. 



Sipping rise to smallest floating duns, spinners, and 

 midges, and 



The slash — most commonly to running sedge, or to flies 

 on slow water. 



In addition to which there is the plunge where an eager 

 fish comes almost entirely out of water and takes the fly 

 either as he leaves the water or as his head re-enters. 



