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as possible to his own bank ; by so doing he will 

 accomplish three objects, viz. : be casting over the 

 probable lie of any resting fish; making it cross the 

 track of running fish, who invariably run up the slack 

 water close in shore; and, lastly, he will be casting, 

 generally speaking, in the thinner water, where his fly 

 is more easily seen. As the water falls in, fish gradually 

 cease running, and abandon their temporary resting- 

 places in thinnish water, until at length they settle 

 down in the recognized catches of the various pools. 



