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THROWING THE FLY. 



So give me pencil and paper, and I will describe 

 to you the art of throwing. 



Figs. 14, 15, and 16. 



There behold three diagrams (figs. 14, 15, and 

 16). Conceive fig. 14 to be a bird's-eye view of 

 the course the point of the rod takes in throwing, 

 and fig 15, a horizontal view, taken on the right 

 side of the fisherman, showing the angles at 

 which the rod is held at certain stages; fig. 16, 

 we shall come at presently. Now, in both figures, 

 14 and 16, c represents the angler, b the bank 



