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Always fly-fish energetically and perse- 

 veringly when you do not see a rise ; for great 

 will be your chance of hooking — a weed, 

 which, unlike certain other weeds, may not end 

 in mere smoke. 



5. 



In Minnow -fishing, a short line being gene- 

 rally used, always throw down stream; for, 

 when a Trout darts from his concealment 

 under bank, stump, stone, or weed, he will 

 then have a good view of you, and, satisfy- 

 ing his curiosity in this respect, he will take 

 especial care not to gratify yours by any nearer 

 acquaintance with him, but will quietly return 

 whence he came. 



6. 



Never examine your hook after taking a fish ; 

 for should the point be broken or blunted, it 

 might occasion you the trouble and incon- 



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