190 FISHING GOSSIP. 
turnal excursions may conveniently practise this 
kind of angling in the same boat. They are seated 
respectively, one at the stem, the other at the stern, 
the rower occupying the middle seat. The fishing is 
conducted partly by trolling the flies, partly by cast- 
ing. That is, while the boat is being taken up to 
the head of the wind and of the reach of water to be 
angled, the flies are trolled with about twenty or 
thirty yards of line out, and the rods lowered to the 
gunwale of the boat; but the above points being 
gained, the craft is allowed to drift parallel with the 
waves and by the action of the wind alone. It is the 
duty of the rower to keep the boat perfectly in a line 
with the wave, so that one of the anglers is not ad- 
vanced before the other. If the craft is properly 
constructed for lake-angling, with stem and stern 
alike, it will keep its proper place on the drift with- 
out assistance of oar or helm. The rods are now 
taken up, the lines reeled in to the proper length, 
which will be about that of the rod used, and the 
process of casting commenced; the casting is of course 
performed alternately by the anglers in the direction 
of the wind, care being taken that the process is 
well timed, and that the flies fall lightly on the 
water, and are drawn in a line somewhat diagonal 
to the trough of the waves. When the reach of 
fishing - ground selected is exhausted, another is 
chosen, and so on. 
