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if you are once seen, they will fly froui you. If the water should be 

 deep, dark, and overhung with thick foliage, so that you can scarcely 

 find an open space for your bait, your line must be shortened to half 

 a yard, and sometimes less. 



" If your flies are small, use two of them at once, as they frequently 

 fall into the water in couples ; when daping with the fly, if you see 

 your fish, drop the fly gently on to the water, about a foot before him, 

 and if you are not seen, he will eagerly take it. When your fish is 

 struck, do not allow him to get down his head, for fear of roots and 

 weeds, but keep him to the top of the water, where his fins and 

 strength will be of little use to him ; and in this situation, with good 

 tackle, you may soon exhaust him, and make him your own by a 

 landing-net, the handle of which should be two yards long ; or he 

 may be landed by a hook or gaff, with a long handle ; and this, in 

 some situations, amidst close, thorny brambles, will be found more 

 useful than a landing-net, which is liable to be caught in the bushes. 



" When you use the worm, the caddis, or any other grub, you will 

 require a single shot, No. 6, to sink your bait, for it cannot sink too 

 slowly, or cause too Little distm-bance in the water." 



