Outing . Copyrigh Francis R. Steel. CHANGING FLIES gives plenty of casting power withoutundue weight or unwieldy length. Thesame rod will do for creek fishing, al-though a shorter and lighter one is bet-ter, because a short rod can be castmore easily where the trees hang lowover the water and because a light rodworks better with the very thin leadersand small flies which are best for thissort of fishing. To balance well, thereel should be of about the same weightas the rod. By all means put it on so that thehandle is to the right, when the guidesare up. In playing a fish with the reelin this p
Outing . Copyrigh Francis R. Steel. CHANGING FLIES gives plenty of casting power withoutundue weight or unwieldy length. Thesame rod will do for creek fishing, al-though a shorter and lighter one is bet-ter, because a short rod can be castmore easily where the trees hang lowover the water and because a light rodworks better with the very thin leadersand small flies which are best for thissort of fishing. To balance well, thereel should be of about the same weightas the rod. By all means put it on so that thehandle is to the right, when the guidesare up. In playing a fish with the reelin this position the rod is bent in theopposite way from that caused by draw-ing the line from the water in Copyright by Francis R. Steel. RIGGING UP CATCHING THE RAINBOW TROUT 487 This will greatly lengthen the life ofyour rod, besides keeping it from get-ting a set. A tapered line is best,because it puts the flies on the watermore lightly than a level line (it is anecessity for dry-fly fishing). Lead-ers ought to be of light gut, six feetlong in open water and three feet inbrush. A landing net is useful in riverfishing, but is more trouble than it isworth in working a brushy creek. As Western streams are liable to berocky and it is hard enough to hook arainbow even with a sharp hook, youshould carry a hook file with you on thestream (incidentally use it once in awhile). Mount the file on a smallwooden handle, attached to a thong, andcarry it around your neck. Spoonsshould be small, one-fourth to one inchblade, and must spin so easily as not totwist the line (this point is very impor-tant). I have found two single hooksto work better than a treble or onesingle on a spoon. For river fishing
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