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Trout rise freely in all parts of the eddy, and the 

 careful and observant angler will reap his reward 

 if he will exercise his patience and make sure with 

 each feeding fish of the direction in which the stream 

 is flowing and place his fly accordingly. For example, 

 the trout is at ^. He creeps to the river, and taking 

 his station at C, may see the trout take a fly sailing 

 out from the side directly across the natural direction 

 of the river. This is not a favourable position be- 

 cause to fish it without moving he must drift, and this, 

 as we know, is seldom successful. The direction and 

 force of stream in an eddy are always changing, and 

 when in position to rise a fish lies with its head up 

 current, although this may not be the normal direction 

 of the flow of the river. Hence, the next position 

 of the same trout may be taken with the view of 

 rising at flies moving in a direction totally different 

 from the normal up, down, or across. 



Wonderful sport has been obtained, and some very 

 large trout have been killed in this eddy, but it is 

 essentially a difficult place, requiring great patience 

 and a fixed determination to cast seldom and then 

 with great accuracy and avoidance of drag. 



To cast directly up the main run the fisherman 

 must locate himself somewhere near the letter A. 

 If he takes up his station lower down than this the 

 cross-current from A towards B will hasten the pace 

 and drag his fly across towards the eastern bank. 

 A favourite place for a big fish is at ,^. If the fly 

 is placed much above the fish it is dragged across 



