When fishing a stream or brook, always keep the sun to your face, even if that means crossing the stream and fishing on the brush-filled side. If the sun is at your back, you will cast shadows, alerting wary trout of your presence, and causing them to dart off and hide.
Shadow Warning Fishing Photo Gallery
This ancient square rigger, a decommissioned Royal Navy warship, was where boys aged from 12 to 15 could sent by a magistrate if they were found to be homeless, destitute, begging, or in the company of thieves. Mount Edgcumbe was a brutal place where discipline was maintained by the birch and by a regime that kept the boys meaningfully engaged from when they were roused from their hammocks at 5.00 a.m. until they were stood down at 8.00 p.m. The ship held 250 inmates, who were ruled by a commander and three retired navy men. They were schooled in all manner of nautical knowledge. Even though by then boys were no longer being shipped off as powder monkeys in Royal Navy warships, these training ships still provided valuable sailors for Britain’s huge fleets of the day.
