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and the many obstacles to be encountered, the 

 exponent of the dry insect is even more handi- 

 capped than his wet-fly brother, and there will be 

 no scope for lengthy deliveries as in river-fishing. 

 That it will be cramped work goes without speak- 

 ing, and the very difficulties that beset one make 

 success doubly agreeable. 



Undoubtedly the more open waters of the 

 moorland brooks offer better chances for indulging 

 in this, the most interesting form of fishing the 

 artificial fly, than do the bush-encumbered reaches 

 of an ordinary English stream. Nevertheless, 

 although innumerable strongholds must neces- 

 sarily be passed over on account of the frequent 

 impenetrable labyrinths of foliage, there will here 

 and there be stretches, some very short and 

 others longer, where it will be quite possible to 

 fish in the orthodox manner, though within 

 confined limits. These places vary in character, 

 and comprise moderately-flowing stickles, well- 

 broken pools beneath cascades, flats with the 

 faintest of currents, deepish narrows moving 

 slowly, shallowish rippling runs, a series of short 

 runs broken by big stones, etc., nor must I forget 

 an occasional few yards of swift narrow currents 

 between blackberry bushes where casting must 



be accurate indeed. The fisherman, working 



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