298 FISHING GOSSIP. 
it down, and the remaining portions of the pool are 
undisturbed. This is a matter of great importance, 
and we have frequently, in small streams, taken a 
dozen trout out of a pool, from which, had we been 
fishing down, we could not possibly have got more 
than two or three. 
The last advantage of fishing up is, that by it the 
angler can much better adapt the motions of his flies 
to those of the natural insect. And here it may be 
mentioned as a rule, that the nearer the motions of 
the artificial flies resemble those-ef the natural ones 
under similar circumstances, the greater will be the 
prospects of success. Whatever trout take the artificial 
fly for, it is obvious they are much more likely to be 
deceived by a natural than by an unnatural motion. 
No method of angling can imitate the hovering 
flight of an insect along the surface of the water— 
now just touching it, then flying a short distance, 
and so on; and for the angler to attempt by any 
motion of his hand to give his flies a living appear- 
ance, is mere absurdity. The only moment when 
trout may mistake the angler’s fly fora real one in 
its flight is the moment it first touches the water ; 
and in this respect fishing down possesses equal 
advantages with fishing up. But this is the only 
respect, and in order to illustrate this, we shall give 
a brief description of fly-fishing as usually practised 
down stream. 
