The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-02

all OF them require exceptionally IayoIapls
tGSSre + no Uniformity q name among them.
Anglers Ia tho East haye one ute tor = peeuas =
siad OF Gast and anglers Of the West hSWySSa;
~ known In the West aa The Zip cast tor vi
stanCe, along certain Canadian rivers Y ean ed
me mS.i ic [ery Ies, nla It oY = III YpS casts 81 'G and Is Intended
for ~" In places where there 10 an 3yerhangIns
bank under which fish are lying. MANY tlnnes
brush or branches will. prevent Q stfasnt cnst
acToss and low down tor this kind " retreat.
40 The angler. ~ anding IN the stream, ma aDoSe
tho lolut which be- wishes to reach thkr5 lne
ny firmly between the thumb and tOrrnnger
of be lcit hand, holds the reel with ne thuhlD
~ hls right hand and bends tho rod into a ullGT-
ter u a clroIr by pulling on ne me ihen NJ
tho lure should land whore II II INTENDED TO
land. In executing this cost : = only nfors-
aary thu. thn TOdmar lOoh out for the LOOK,
n IN d0ca not he can wade ashore and hunt
~ a companion who has q dun Iockotkniie
AZ a general thing II Will be sufficient Ior the
beginner to learn 10 get the ny out IN. iront Of
lin Tor . reasonable distance, causing II TO
nlight within a ard Of ih" spot where ne sup
pose, a nsh 70 be-, lnrkinE Whem ionfnes
suUcesslou of rapid little Jerks Tor q 1907 or 30.
II no rlse follows II should be fitted immediately
a1d ths cast made over u oiteh napiens nnnmaai
IL an old trout which knows perfectly wen
that tho lure IA ARTIFICIAL. lie - h9t, hungry
aud he desire. only rest, Like al! OF his KIND,
however he has temper and Tho older he Il the
moro temper he has. so. often Wh'u tplir cdsts
iust over HIM have been un-liccetslul lht MIN
will bring him up Win 4 rush, nol 10 cav we
disturbing object but, 10 relle II and crush II ~
token Of hiS displeasure. Then IN" reel "ln
begin to sing aud the man a. ne lar era OF ihe
bending rod has fun ahead 81 HIM. Is wise
oniy In rare m stances 10 permit the fy to sink
below me surface Fish are humoroutome
things, however and ihera are times when tneS
prefer 10 feed upon drowned Insects. A. slch
times the n, -tibmerged for SIX inches or a
foot will be- more elrrctiN" tlan one which ap,
parently fut'arS upon IA" surface. II VII
TataF do IpNlRNtT to give II much fnOflbtlt
hooausa drowned flies have only the current
motion. and II will never DO to drag II up stream.
because Il lrout which does not kno~r thar
drowned Insects do not travel up stream . 100
foolish 10 render his capture worth while
There l. one trick which all old anglers know.
IL has been praCtised PROBABLY from The first
DAY on which an artificial ~ was thrown, aud
II Il a. GOOD now a. then. In the. warm heavy
DAYS of Aug ust when tho mir is filed with tiny
flyers Of many kinds hundreds Of them ger
Sleepy or careless ard dropping upon the edRe
Of a banA above the edge q The purling stream
then let go all hold, and tumble III lnderS
Meath is a trout aud tho thousandth part. OF
a second later the lnlucky insect Is undergoing
the slow but sure process OF digestion. so
Of an August noon, the angler wading down
the stream, not lckins his feet mp but sliding
them carefully along making no noise or splash
Of the kind daEcrihad His fly, scientifically
sent tails upon the bank q foot from the water;
a alHht i"EE 'a'1 T6e NJ ~ ,ba ," Jana Eyer dr a'u ''nAe
II Il not a had scheme for tine ~ caster TO
try what ls sometimes called blind fishing.
He must first know his stream, know lis curves.
its shadows and its pools. II must be a reason
ably crooked stream. Going down II he comes
TO a place whore It bends sharply below him
%onders are Seventy-Ave feet above this bend
ne stops, drops his hy upon the water and pays
OUT line H. fast ~ the current runs. Perhaps
he is using a ParmaChenee Belle. an abeurdity
as an imitation Of any known insect but n great
killer both for trout and black bass, lie watches
It's gay yellow, crimson and gray feathers
~ . a...4 ta-IN him until fIaN
around the bend. If he be lucky 1--we seconds
after, he will see a tart Of the line and the reel
will begin us, sons. II beh9ovee nm then
he can work his way down TO the bend and
around II to the edge oil the pool where he can
see what he IS doing The uncertainty Of tbs
form vi angling lends II much charm. for the
never knows iust what he has hold Of
until lie arrives at a viewpoint. There may
be a three-pouhd Piack bass Hsrrins Win
else that svims and likes TO dine on insects.
After all the chiei charm Of ny-casting comes
from ne deliGaCD o tltt LIS asihts all Thfon9n
who follows it pits his trained intelligence
against the inherited and acquired intelli-
g ger Of IN 9S 4gamE. Hen EnG Es tha Hu sns S9m.
but more often he is doomed 20 failure, II
he gets from II minutes Of semi;delirious hap
he gets long, hours made heavy with
tiInes the fishes are smarter than he.
There are days and weeks when not a single
Oh SCdlt or surge 4 ulSluI NuNi. Y
wards hs most patient essay, on such days
he Will pers piringly damn the fnny dwellers
for lack OF sense, but when &c gets home and
cools of he will know that be has not caught
any of them be cause they had too much sense.
fits rod is lieht, his line Is Hight, his, hook
is light. Even when the rise has followed
the cast and the predatory beauty Is firmly
SCIENCE aud not strength must win.
There must be no slack else that vision Of silver.
bronze, green and red will spring three feet In
the air. half curve its powerful little body,
shake it's head with an lnconceiy able rapidly
and violence and then fall back free. while the
fly hoats Imply at the end OF he SILK.
has no frog bucket 70 lug along. lie does
not stop every ten minutes to see whether
or nor the minnows are all dead His knees
from an eXhausting search for grass
Shiny a~nslevorms. are not coiled
and convoluted in his baitboI, He ia pot
obliged to turn over rocks and seek under
water for craUhsh. lie has his lures In his
book, In another pocket is his liquid or
solid luncheon. So serene, clean. calm, pre-
riae, scientific, he wanders down the stream,
sometimes to lis middle In the rushing cold
water, sometimes stealing carefully along the
bank knee deep In odorous grasses and flowers,
the warm breath Of mellow August
listens to the bait casters. talk and .disdains
reply? L. IL any wonder that when he hears
the fellow talk about chunking a piece OF bacon
a hundred feet his features grow lcily regular.
splpndidly null, that his manners double dis
count that reUoSo which stamps the cast Of
Nerr de- We're. that his nose IL tip-tllted like the
o: a flower. that he seems to be saying TO
himself: ~Deah boy, you're quite an animal,
don't you know