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third or even a fourth time, and be hooked after all. 
When a Salmon has risen, instead of immediately throw- 
ing again, the best plan is for the angler to sit down 
quietly on the bank for a few minutes, and then care- 
fully cast over the fish again, beginning a few yards 
above the actual spot where the rise took place, and 
bringing the fly gradually down over it. If the fish does 
not rise, a short interval should be allowed as before, 
during which the fly should be changed for one of 
another colour, and afterwards the same process repeated. 
Some good fishers advise changing the fly the first time 
of recasting, and a second or even third time afterwards; 
but my experience is in favour of the system here de- 
scribed, which is both simpler and less troublesome. If 
a Salmon will not rise either to the original or to a new 
fly, the chances are much against his rising again at all 
at that moment. He may do so, however, at another 
time of the day, and in view of this contingency the 
casting over him of a number of flies a great many times 
is less likely to attract than to disgust him. 
WADING. 
Wading is often necessary in Salmon-fishing, and 
indeed in Trout-fishing also. Where the fisherman has 
to wade deep, as is often the case in Salmon-fishing, 
fishing trousers fastening round the waist will often be 
found a great convenience: they are also much less 
dangerous than either wading stockings or leather boots, 
