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as you would a fly. Standing on the sand-bar at 

 /, you cast across-stream to D, let out line that it 

 may float along the surface past the fish to F. 

 Reeling in, you guide the bait along in past the 

 tree-trunk to A. Still retaining the same position, 

 you permit the water flow to take it along, guid- 

 ing it to go in the path of bubbles. A, H, C, and 

 G. You may skip the rapid, deep-water pool, and 

 reel your bait slowly back to you, though at times 

 you should give the bait a short jerk, and let it 

 run back a yard or so; in other words, give as 

 much natural-life movement to the artificial as 

 the live bait naturally possesses. After reeling 

 the bait entirely back, you may start over and 

 repeat the cast, or walk down and take a position 

 at C, then cast across the deep water to the first 

 fish at the head of the rapid deeps and so let the 

 bait float along the bubbles to F or below. Then 

 work the bait back along the line of bubbles past 

 the whirlpool, working the bait just inside the 

 brook. Then let it run down again to F and back 

 toward you along the bubbles past G to C. 



During this course you will probably have had 

 strikes in different situations, and with the way 

 to handle it this chapter has nothing to do. The 

 new position you should take is to stand in the 



