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reaches this side. In this fashion I should con- 

 tinue all the way down to the wall b. The 

 general place for them to rise, is near this bank, 

 as the fly is making its curve ; for although they 

 sometimes lie far off, they will generally, unless 

 very eager, follow and seize it at that moment. I 

 shall have but one or two pools to show you on 

 this river, where there is less rapidity of motion ; 

 and you will content yourself for the present, in 

 noting that the most vigorous and lively play of 

 the fly which I shall permit you to adopt (all 

 which I must explain to you fully another time), 

 must be resorted to on this kind of water. In low 

 water, though the same direction of throwing is 

 required, yet, as the fish do not lie so far out, 

 sixteen or eighteen yards of line is the utmost 

 you need cast for them, unless you can command 

 much more, and throw at a more acute ano-te 

 with the bank ; which, as it keeps you further 

 from their sight, and also places your fly in a 

 better position on the water, will give you a 

 greater chance in proportion. Neither is it now 

 requisite to trouble the water much opposite this 

 rivulet a, as it is too shallow for fish to lie in : 

 and during low water, the most likely spots are 

 about the two holes I mentioned, as half-way 

 down, and towards the lower end of the field. 

 They are also taken during a high water close 

 under the Rector's wall, for that again is the head 



