NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHING. 453 
TROUT-FISHING. 
Unlike the mere whipping for small fish, which I have 
dilated upon as forming an excellent introduction to trout- 
fishing, the latter requires great caution not to scare the 
fish, either by the too near presence of the angler, or by 
the awkward manipulation of his line and flies. The man- 
agement of the two-handed rod will more properly come 
under salmon and lake-trout fishing, for, although it is 
sometimes employed in fishing for common trout in large 
and wide rivers, yet it can scarcely even then be needed, 
and it certainly loses in delicacy of manipulation much 
more than it gains in its power of controlling a larger 
extent of water. Different men adopt various plans of 
throwing the fly, but it is of little consequence which 
mode of many is followed, so that the angler has only 
entire command of his rod and line, and can do what he 
likes with his flies. When this perfection of casting is 
arrived at, the angler may choose whether he will fish up- 
