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left shoulder, and fling back-handed towards 

 the right. This operation is performed like 

 that of a coachman wishing to touch with the 

 lash of the whip the left ear of the near leader. 

 These instructions are directed to the angler 

 who fishes with the right hand. The left- 

 handed must proceed contrawise. 



When you fish, begin at the head of a stream, 

 fishing the side nearest to you first, and then 

 casting to the opposite side. Let your flies 

 float gently down the water, working them 

 gradually towards you, and making a fresh cast 

 every two or three yards you fish. We dis- 

 tinctly recommend frequent casting. A fish 

 generally takes the fly immediately it has 

 touched the water provided always it be 

 delicately and lightly flung and the quick 

 repetition of casting whisks the water out of 

 your flies and line, and consequently keeps 

 them drier and lighter than if they were left to 

 float a longer time in the water. You should 

 not, except in a strong wind, allow any of your 

 reel-line to be on the water ; your casting-line 

 alone should be on the water, and then only 

 just so much of it as will allow you to see dis- 

 tinctly on the surface the drop-fly that is near- 

 est to you. Remember to keep invariably that 

 fly on the surface of the water and within sight 

 if you can, as you will then be assured, that you 



