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SO only will the fish hook itself, without any movement of the 

 hand on the angler's part — an end most desirable to effect. 



Both Salmon and Trout lie in wait for their prey, for the 

 most part, rather than swim in pursuit of it in schulls or com- 

 panies. They are often, I would say generally, found in pairs, 

 and therefore after killing one in any favourable pool or eddy, 

 it will be well not too soon to desert the spot, even although it 

 may have been disturbed by the bustle and hurly of the first 

 capture. 



The tail of swift rapids, where some large stone breaks the 

 force of the current, and causes a lull, or, as one would say of 

 wind, a lee, will always be found a likely spot wherein to cast ; 

 and in pools, between two rapids or cascades, the head and the 

 foot, immediately above the one and below the other descent, 

 will generally each hold a fish. 



Still clear deep reaches will again be found to contain many 

 times the larger, and often the largest fishes, especially of 

 Brook Trout; and these places require the neatest and the 

 finest fishing, for two very sufficient reasons; first, that the 

 transparency of the water enables the fish clearly to discern the 

 angler, unless he stand well back from the margin of the bank ; 

 and, secondly, that its stillness allows all the imperfections of 

 the artificial fly, and perhaps the gut to which it is appended, 

 to be discovered by the intended victim. 



In nothing is piscatory skill more distinctly evidenced, than 

 by the instinctive accuracy with which, in whipping a stream, 

 the practical angler will discern what places to fish closely, 

 accurately, neatly; which to pass over lightly — in other words, 

 which are more and which are most unlikely to hold the objects 



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