Up-Stream vs. Down-Stream 



time the only way in which these larvae 

 can approach the trout without caus- 

 ing suspicion is by being carried down- 

 stream by the current, either on or be- 

 neath the surface of the stream? The 

 dry-fly angler did not by any means 

 invent the up-stream method of fish- 

 ing, nor has it been confined to his 

 cult. Arguments, apparently almost 

 unanswerable, for fishing up-stream 

 were made by Mr. W. C. Stewart in 

 "The Practical Angler," pubhshed in 

 1857, while Mr. David Webster, in 

 "The Angler and the Loop-Rod" 

 (1885), may be said to have completely 

 riddled many of the usual arguments in 

 favor of down-stream methods. Mr. 

 Webster's opinion is worthy of atten- 

 tion as he succeeded in making a hv- 

 ing for many years by fly-fishing for 

 trout in Scottish streams. The best 

 argument ever written, in the judg- 



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