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has, so to speak, taken his fishing degree, and by 

 one who has only just begun his angler's career, have 

 been described. 



But let us suppose that, instead of a gentle up- 

 stream breeze, a strongly blowing dfoze^-stream one 

 has greeted our friend when he reached his river. 

 What is he to do ? There is too much strength in the 

 wind for him to attempt to fish up-stream, except in 

 certain tiny bends of the river where such a proceed- 

 ing is possible. It is open to him, if he wants to fish 

 a fair amount of the water, to try to work it either by 

 throwing directly across and slightly down, or to 

 boldly make up his mind to fish down-stream alto- 

 gether, on the ' chuck and chance it ' principle afore- 

 mentioned. 



There is a nice ripple on the surface of the stream, 

 should he decide on the latter course, and so he does. 

 With the stronger wind now blowing, a rather larger 

 fly than that which would be selected for a calm day 

 should be used. What shall it be? A large red- 

 quill-gnat, an alder (although rather early in the 

 season for it), or a March-brown ? On the whole, 

 perhaps an alder is likeliest, and therefore let that be 

 the fly chosen. 



Keeping as much out of sight as possible for 

 this precaution must never be neglected when fly fish- 



