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cannot readily escape, and consequently his legs float 

 to the surface. 



It frequently happens that a catch can be reached 

 by casting from the bank, yet the intervening current 

 sweeps the line away and the fish has a short period in 

 which to notice the fly, then wading is a great assis- 

 tance; also the gain of a few yards may enable the 

 angler to reach, although imperfectly, a rising fish, 

 and 80 give him a chance of attracting the fish during 

 the initial stages of the fly's semi-circuit, when he may 

 follow it round and eventually take it. 



We must confess to having no great faith in casting 

 an extraordinary length of line, as, even should the fish 

 take, the strike is so late that the majority merely get 

 pricked ; yet fish are occasionally lured in this manner, 

 as may be readily observed from such points of vantage 

 as Galway Bridge. 



There is one golden maxim to be observed in wading, 

 i.e. never cross your legs; and if it be studiously 

 adhered to, many a ducking will be avoided. 



Wading down stream as it were on the top of your 

 fish is strictly to be avoided, as the disturbance made 

 by the legs in the stream and the " foil " (gravel or any 

 other matter) displaced by the feet scare fish so much 

 that they will not look at the bait. 



We know pools where in order to fish from a 

 particular side the natural surroundings necessitate 

 wading, the stream so running that it travels from 

 one's feet to where the fish lie, and although we have 



