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Book:Name: how to catch trout-three anglers 1889
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Description:Title: How to catch trout
Author: Three anglers, pseud
Language: angielski
Year: 2013
Subjects: Crafts & Hobbies, General & Miscellaneous Crafts & Hobbies, Crafts & Hobbies - General & Miscellaneous
Publisher: OGB
ISBN: 9781606014264
Total pages: 104
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CHAPTER I.
WET OR SUNK FLY-FISHING.
This style of angling is almost universally adopted in Scotland, and is also common in many parts of England. Although it may not call for such minute study of insect life as is considered necessary by the votaries of dry fly-fishing, it demands an even greater knowledge of the habits and haunts of trout; while in point of excitement and variety it falls in no way short of the rival method.
Rod.-For wet fly-fishing we prefer a light one-handed rod of moderate stiffness, measuring from 9 to 12 feet in length. For a few of the broadest rivers, however, where it is sometimes necessary to cast a very long line, a two-handed rod, 13 or 14 feet in length, may be found more serviceable.
Opinions differ so much as to the best material for rod-making that we think it advisable to leave this matter entirely to the taste of the angler. There is one point, however, as to which it is impossible to be too emphatic,-and that is, in warning the beginner against the use of a rod in the least degree too heavy. The neglect of this caution is bound to lead to slovenly and therefore unsuccessful fishing. The moment the arm gets tired the casting becomes clumsy, the interest flags, and if a trout be induced to rise he is either noticed too late or struck in such a listless fashion that he escapes without difficulty.
Keel.-In selecting a reel it is necessary to see that it is of the proper weight to balance the rod, and runs easily. A ratchet of moderate strength is of great assistance in running a heavy trout, but if too strong it is a constant source of danger.
Line.-The line may be of hair, silk and hair, undressed silk, or waterproofed silk; all of these are good. Its weight and thickness should bear some proportion to the size and stiffness of the rod; and except in the case of the very finest lines, one or two yards of tapered twisted gut should be spliced to the end. Experience will show that this is an important aid to casting.
Gut.-The gut casting-line, for a beginner, should not be more than nine feet long. The first two or three strands should be rather thicker than the others, and should taper gradually down from the end of the twisted gut. The remainder should be of the best quality that can be obtained, special care being taken to ensure that its different lengths are perfectly round and free from blemishes. As to the thickness, the angler must be guided by circumstances. A beginner, however, will find it much easier to cast with stoutish gut, and if it be of good quality, and be dropped lightly on the water, he will have more success with it than with finer gut badly handled. We believe thoroughly, however, in the efficacy of fine gut on all waters which are much fished, and strongly advise every angler to accustom himself to its use. It must not be understood, however, that we consider drawn gut necessary, or even advantageous, under all circumstances. Early in the season before the waters have shrunk to their summer level; later in the year when the rivers are running full after a flood; or, even when they are low and clear, if a strong wind be blowing, good undrawn gut will be found quite as deadly. By using it, moreover, time will be saved in landing the trout, and no fisher need be told how this will affect his take at the end of the day.
Flies.-We now come to the most important element in the matter of tackle-to wit, the flies themselves; and here it is necessary to explain that in our Lowland streams two distinct types of artificial flies are used-the winged fly and the spider or hackle. Of these, the winged fly is undoubtedly the closer imitation of the natural insect as we see it playing on the surface of the water. One would think that, in competition with it, the spider, which is nothing more than a few fibres of feather twisted round the shank of the hook, must be left hopelessly in the rear. This is not, however, the experience of many of the most skilful and successful anglers in the north of England as well as in the south of Scotland. Indeed, for fishing up stream, in comparatively rapid waters, we have no hesitation in saying that the hackle is the more deadly of the two.
It is of supreme importance that the flies- whether winged or hackled-should be dressed on the finest gut, and should not be too bulky. At the best, the finest feather is clumsy and coarse compared with the delicate gossamer of the insect wing, and naturally the more of the former there is, the more likely is the trout to detect the deception. The wings should be divided or " split," as it is technically called, and should, in the great majority of flies, be dressed so as to stand well out from the shank of the hook For the body we do not care as a rule for anything more than either a strip of...
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