The Trout Looks Up-Stream 



for the sunken lure were that the ex- 

 pert wet fly angler used precisely the 

 same tackle, including gossamer leaders 

 and imitation flies, as the dry-fly fish- 

 erman, and presented his lures in the 

 same way; that is, by casting up- 

 stream and allowing the flies to be car- 

 ried down naturally by the current. 



We have learned that a trout al- 

 ways lies with its head up-stream, fac- 

 ing the current. Who would think of 

 attempting to stalk, under usual con- 

 ditions, an animal from any other po- 

 sition when it could be stalked just as 

 easily from behind? The angler can 

 approach much nearer to a trout when 

 coming up from behind it, can hook it 

 to better advantage, and can play it 

 in water that has already been fished 

 by him so that good unfished water 

 will not be disturbed. And yet no less 

 an authority than Dr. Henshall has 



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