The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-10

mics, and other animals harmless TO
them.
Every fly fisherman knows how
necessary it is to be out of sight OF the
trout, especially on bright days. II IS
on that account a good plan 10 wade
upstream, making casts wen in ad-
vance, so that no disturbance of the
water may convey intelligence Of ap-
preaching danger. The flies should De
verv small, and three OF them may be
used at once, in order 10 offer some
variety.
But the eye at the trout is quickly
adjusted microscope, ana is speedy IN
detecting any fault i'm tie makeup OF
the fly, or in the manner of its allgnI-
ing upon the surface. Only experience
VIII teach the fisherman the turn OF the
Zip Of the rod which checks the fall or
the leader and allows the flies TO come
naturally to tie stream.
There is a fly well known TO anglers
which has a very tiny bit OF wood
cocks feather tied IN, along with
black and a yellow hackle. The IN
significant brown bit looks as though
III might be successfully initiated by a
tip from d partridge, or a brown Leg
horn hen, but all practical men who
have tried il know that nothing bat
the real woOdcock plume win answer
for that fy.
Put the smallest fragment Of red
worm or the eve Of your smallest nSn
on the point Of one Of the fly hooks
and see how quickly the trout viii per-
ceive IT, If they feel like eating desn
that day 1t is seldom that there IS
any studying done by the speckled
things. They see instantaneously, they
act iuruitively, and, according to their
lights, accurately.
Just now, when the water is high in
the larger streams, the fly fisherman
AZ rnH
do better than TO try casting from the
bow of a canoe. Let him get good
paddler in the stern Of fifteen foot
birch bark. settle himself comfortably
about the first stay, and cast as Tar as
possible in front, as the man behind
allows the outfit to dFift down stream.
When a good, promising pool Is
reached. the guide should hold the
canoe by an OVerhanglng alder branch,
or by driving his paddle into the side
or bottom of the stream. The man
also nets the large flsh, or the sports
man lifts them out bodily, II they are
small.
Letting Out Line.
The casting may be done as care
fully as desired. as the current viii car
3 ~ down the flies to the place where
| the trout lie in expectancy If the
/ stream is powerful a good length of
I line may be unreeied, and the flies
/ sent on, thus obviating all danger of
/ frightening the fsh.
Only there is need Of care even in
{ well known waters for one gets sur
/ prisingly big FISH in this way at times,
/ one man using the lightest tackle, and
/ landing trout from a quarter TO about
/ three-QuarteTs Of a pound, suddenly
found himself lighting a four pound
/ fish i'm contracted part OF the stream
{ with trees Overhanging. He was only
saved from disaster by the cleyerness
| OF lis guide, who backed up the canoe
/ to a better place by gradually taking
( advantage of the upstream rushes OF
/ the big fellow.
A second fish made one long dash
/ down the brook and bounded over q
. waterfall over which no canoe could
possibly pass. An attempt was made
to land and make the portage, but the
fish was too heavy for the tackle IN
such water, and snapped the catgut.
The writer has had good fortune in
fishing with natural flies and moths
using a minnOw hook Of a wide curvine
variety, made for some unknown
special purpose i'm Sheffield. But ex
cept with large bats and where th'
fish are large. one can, generally speak
ing. rarely be sure Of success with tbs
living flies. and in the long run it vii
probably be found more satisfactory
to use well tied limitations.