FLY FISHING FOR TROUT 



agency such end may be obtained, than to seek out 

 some rough piece of water, and there, by throwing 

 blindly, and without any idea of the size or nature 

 of fish that may take your drowned fly, cast on the 

 'chuck and chance it ' principle. 



In the first case you pit your skill and piscatorial 

 and entomological knowledge against the trout's 

 natural instincts and sharpness of eye how keen 

 this vision is only fishermen know; whereas when 

 blindly casting into runs and rough water you have 

 little or no idea of what is happening to your fly, 

 or what the fish thinks of it and you ; unless by 

 chance some unwise troutlet hooks itself, or what 

 is more probable only gets pricked, and hurriedly 

 retires into the security of the nearest weed bed. 



To prevent any misconception, however, I would 

 point out that dry-fly fishing can only be followed 

 under certain conditions, and that excellent sport 

 and capital fun are to be obtained by the other forms 

 of fly fishing, as will be explained elsewhere in this 

 volume. 



The methods of dry-fly fishing can be divided 

 into three heads : 



First, fishing for trout ' standing,' i.e. fish which 

 are near the top of the water looking about for flies, 

 or other floating food. 



Secondly, fishing for fish which are rising, but 



