456 MANUAL FOR YOUNG SPORTSMEN. 
Henee, instead ‘of fishing the water under his fect, he will 
throw his flies so as to take the edge next his own bank at 
the length of his line; and will thus successively throw 
over all on his side long before his person is seen; and 
when he brings his flies up to within 10 or 12 feet of 
where he is standing, he may lift them, because he has 
already well tried that portion of the water. But besides 
the excellence in throwing the fly, there is also a great art 
in striking and hooking the fish exactly at the right time, 
and with the proper degree of force. When the trout 
rises at the fly, which may always be seen by the angler, 
the rod should be raised with a motion upwards of the 
wrist only, avoiding, as far as the excitement of the mo- 
ment. will permit, all shoulder or elbow-work, and using 
just such a degree of wrist-action as may be judged will 
fasten so sharp an implement as the hook in so soft a sub- 
stance as the mouth of the trout. Theoretically this may 
easily be estimated, but practically it will be found that 
the tyro generally jerks hard enough to strike a blunt 
hook deep into the jaws of a shark or dolphin. The object 
of striking at all, is to prevent the fish from having time to 
discover his mistake, the natural consequence of which 
would be to “ blow out” the fly from his mouth. The fly- 
fisher, therefore, waits till the moment when the fly is 
actually within the lips of his victim, and then, with a 
gentle, yet rapid wrist-action, he fixes the hook there. 
This is much more easily done with a light single-handed 
rod than with one used by both hands, and hence it is 
advisable for this reason, as well as on account of the 
greater facilities in casting with it, to limit the young 
