The sun., 1902-05-25

- sis A. . di-'an"- ~ hry feet.
Better fuF 10 'vro than all Tho books
ever written - 81 hou . slsY sg~ui In l-t
ing aud r-slins BITTER than Ibis V an
hotr spent ~ Q sv-casiins 'ouruar .rn,
for thew no viii -. 'h- masters e. 'hr
,pr dong thrir u'trfu'-i 'hs one ngsing
~" ~ her
II. viii th-rr l-ara from oi,e.f b--..rns
how to stand how - nakv hls cul.. how
10 trng the arm forward. how to stvlv"r.
usi fhe usyClir ronsu' bi which he
! w. -f lmpui-r = "pmuIun' 'cei',i, usi hat
otrer srrur"UJ when 'r.' line = sXt"tdesi
f.ll lsuS'h l-hiud AMI mu-t TO brought
>" thr fruu' vfh u steady. smooth pnNer-
ful motion
He will 80 men send the | sht In" and
ny cun~'d. rahlv mar, than a hundred IRE
The chances arr that he ~ill never 10 sbl-
to do this. no matter what his latnr-
Every uan cannot l-.come a high class
Nv ,aS'er any more than every man can
ha,One a high -Clas- billiard pleyer hut
rra ~onahhr degree IT Irufic siicy may be
stt-.iI4ssi hN any on- and thsrr - consolation
In the f1c, that exceedingly hong casts arr
of no sI-S ial advantage To the fisherman.
There arr not two occasions ia war whom
he will L. asked tn du Innr than sixty fe-t
Indccd the fv-ca-ter who takes away
the h-~t priys "a n tournament II generally
n uooT angle ilc has PIT ~ So much time
eating lis,an~ oH the sward that he has
had no tirps TO study hsbes. fishing and
fishermen
Tho beginner mus, remember thai accu.
racy il pr-fsra rle to disisncn every time
and he will find IN his prsCtic icr that a. he gets
arcuracV he - also getting distance When
he " aide to hit his hat ouCSn IN 'hrAe casts
at twenty fest he will discover that he -
able to get out thirty feet Of silk without
tangle, that his reel IL not ovcrrunnng
and tha; really he Is able 20 reach across ar
nesrly across anv 'ror stream within his
knowl.dgc
In ny fishing the word accuracy means
no, only that tho Nv shall land upon or near
go the Spo, M which II l. aiuIad hiI' also that
u shall hand properly, which l. to Sav that
u shall land like an INSECT drifting down
| {" ~ ahchtlng upon the surface. Th- j. as
important a. anything within the Who'll"
ranCr ~ the art. heCa,I-e Il II a very Young
o. idiotic trout that will leap NJ fly which
falls as n u were hrick Insects do not
fall 81.
In bait casting there are the cast across
the body from left To right. the east scroos
from right tn left The cast ahead and though
| rarely. the cast behind In Nv casting
there are almost ~ many different casts
aud differing manners of making casts
~ there are individual differences IN tho
| casters.
A. a French cook knew more than NO
| ways of cooking eggs. - a skilled NY caster
knows so ways ~ doing the n~Ne~sary
| thing, which is To e., the fly 20 the surface
above the trout get II thef" nni-el"sSly.
! quickly and lisntly
tOr instance, Inefe u 'nf NfltFl CaV
] In which the line travels along the water
] IN a series Of loops a. n boy trindle- a hoop,
| ther. are the straight forward casts to
| right or left, made with the line coiled
| upon the bank or with the line extended
| 20 the rear. the overhead cast and he side
| cast. the cast to cover distance over ~id"
| still pool and the cast To get under an over
! hanging bank that II hr,ish-clsd, tho cast
{ 10 &c, ont a quantity ~ linz when there ar"
| branches close behind the angler and IN"
I A 4. Ill .AaUa.0 -.
Az firmly between the forefnger and thumb
4 ~ the l.fi hand bending the rod half double
J and releasing the fv With is cast IN.
inexver NAV hook tho ball Of ~" thumb
/ thre@ times 0u' of hNe
For the most part the angler will need
| 20 know only how ~ cas-, forward 10 the
righ, or left Ne will find that when
branches grow above him or the banks
" the stream are thick with brush. he
| cannot cast with any ssti-fact ION and tte
/ aNDer, who docs will hsv. more pains
! than FISH.
! Thor. is one cas-, prar'is-d considerably
where the woods are thick and linb- shade
! the stream. and IL is not, pruperlv speak
| ing a cast M all II consists IN unrss'lins
the line and permitting the fy to noa' down
| stream for n hundred feet IL necessary.
|, will often take a fish when II has dis
| appeared around a curve and then the FISH
ernan has. the added excitement, "f no,
| knowing what he has hooked until he has
| fought his wsy down 10 point where he
| can s.e For This trick a buoyant Nv j.
needed. one with cork body being pre-
| fersble
Nine times out Of ten floating fy l. b-,tcr
than one submerged There are days when
trout will feed upon drowned insects. but
| they are not many
ON such DAYS a Nv -is inches under the
surface and drifting freely will attract ;,
! but the man with the rod must be careful
! tn lot " go unchecked The trout expects
a drowned fiy to 20 ~ anything el.e drowned
gu.,- Certainly hs does not expect n Ia
| check with no apparent reason. much les
| To start upstream.
ON ho, days in the later spring many
| insects. hecsu-. they are sick-nrd by h"
| sun, or have reached the term uf their lives
| or are sleepy and careless light upon grass
| or weeds near the edge 81 n stream and fall
| into the water 80 u Is a favoriie device
! Of anglers tu cast the fy 80 that u shall strike
| uron the earth within sik inches of hs .ds se
| of the hank above some deep pool Then
| a slight jerk lands Il upon the water ana y
gives a conVulrive kick or two II there .
/ a trou, below the chances are that h" viii
rise with a rush and his Jaws widely op~ned
| There are times of Cour--. when no fv
will lure the fish This may happen from
| n variety of causes. hu, generally " a. due
| 20 the fact that her" ~ an abundance OF iood
| and most oi the trout have heir bellies
| full.
On such davs when every f. in the book
has been wet without result IN" angler
/ may have r,N-our-.a to the lessons OF his
/ hoyhood II will do him no harm Ia try
! an augl. worm n h. can get one, ~ a tat
white grIb from decaying log
Rnghtly winged RrasShoppers are good
when hooked through the tail and permitted
! to nutter violently on the rlriar". f"r
| hig. old wi-s, trout that II" far down under
! the black water thsr" - othing "lse QUIT.
! - gooi ~ a young field mouse
A. hooked through the skin ~ IN" back
| il makes - way painfully s"ro~s, thor"
| comes a lightning dash almost straight
. inward and the inp. tu- ot the great trh
csrriss him - far that tn" red -pot, uF'nn
hi- side shine ~ clearly ~ thuinhnah
Nh", N. strikes the water with splash
th. mouss - well down IN the g'ilict and
| 'h,. honk should he doing H. duty. " -
pn-~ibln that such a trout NAV have caugW
two ur thr-r field mice during hls many
ys1r. and knows how good they arr.