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the hot sun, slippery rocks, baffling winds, and the annoy- 

 ance of overhanging trees and bushes. The time is com- 

 ing when such an angler will receive, as well as merit, the 

 scorn and contempt of all good and true disciples of the 

 gentle art. 



Rigging the Cast. 



By a reference to the chapters devoted to the imj^le- 

 ments of angling, the reader will obtain a full description 

 of those used in fly-fishing, which are the fly-rod, the click- 

 reel, the tapered fly-line, the leader, the fly, the fly-book, 

 the creel, the landing-net, and the useful adjuncts, for 

 stream-fishing, of wading-pants or stockings ; and, by 

 referring to the pages on knots, the following directions 

 for rigging the cast will be rendered more intelligible : 



A few snelled Sproat or O'Shaughnessy hooks should be 

 carried in the fly-book, to use with such natural baits as 

 grasshoppers, beetles or dragon -flies, in case the artificial 

 fly does not prove successful. They are to be used in the 

 same manner as artificial flies. 



The beginner being now provided with all the tools, it 

 is in order to put his rod together, attach reel, reel-line, 

 and cast of flies, and proceed to business. In rigging the 

 cast, if the leader is provided with loops at each end, and 

 also loops for drop-flies, proceed as follows : To the small 

 end of the leader attach the stretcher or tail-fly by passing 

 the loop of the leader through the loop of the snell and 

 over the fly, then draw together. Three or four feet from 

 the tail-fly attach the dropper, or bob-fly, in the same man- 

 ner; that is, put the loop of the snell over the loop of the 

 leader, and push the fly through the latter loop and draw 

 tight ; or, if the leader is not furnished with loops for this 



