Don’? seg rr wotuar Lieut. 165 
nus we deftly cast the artiti- 
cial lure on the margin of the 
streams, or on the bosom of 
lake or pond, whipping, whip- 
ping, whipping all the day, and 
playing trout till twilight. 
Questions in relation to fish- 
-ing wp or down a stream 
should be decided by the con- 
dition of the stream and its 
borders. While casting from 
- che shore, it makes very ht- 
=—— le difference which way the 
stream is fished; but im wad- 
ing, it is best to fish up stream, because it does not roil the 
water, and there is not so great liability to alarm the fish. 
In making a cast, it is always best to draw the flies across 
the current, for then the drop-flies will play clear of the cast- 
ing-line. This is the opinion of most good fly-fishers. First, 
cast up stream along the shore, and if the stream be not too 
wide, cast to the farther shore, drawing your flies across the 
stream, but not too fast, lest the trout become suspicious. In 
striking, you can not be too quick when fishing up a stream. 
Cast first near shore; then a yard or two farther off; next, 
across the stream. If you get not a rise, take a step or two 
up the stream and repeat. Continue doing so until a doubt 
arises as to whether the trout admire your cast; then replace 
one fly by another of different color from any on your cast. 
If that does not take after presenting it several times, take it 
off and try another extreme in color. Keep changing until 
you hit the fancy of the trout. When you have found the 
fly that the trout admire, change your other flies (if you fish 
with three) to those of colors in slight relief to the taking 
one; that is, put on one a trifle darker and the other a little 
lighter in shade. Anglers are not so high a remove above 
the rest of mankind as not to be susceptible to a slight imflu- 
