Where to Cast
The swift, gravelly, sandy or rocky stream is the home of the small mouthed bass and there is some similarity between fishing for him and for trout. Both fishes seek cover and food but the bass never hangs poised in fast broken water like the trout. He may dash into the rapids after food, if hungry, but he won't stay there. Of course during a freshet when the fish work up stream they go through the rapids but are seldom taken on flies — maybe because fly fishermen so seldom fish there at such times. When the water is rising the eddies at the edge of swift water often yield well as the fish lie there on the watch for surface food. The bars formed by eddies behind or below obstructions are often favorite hunting places for bass feeding on minnows.
