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observe, that in raising your line, in order to 

 throw it in again, you should wave your rod 

 a little round your head, and not bring it 

 directly backwards ; nor must you return the 

 line too soon, nor until it has gone its length 

 behind you, or you will certainly whip off your 

 end-fly. There is a great art in making your 

 line fall light on the water, and showing the 

 flies well to the fish. The best way I can 

 direct is, that when you have thrown out your 

 line, contriving to let it and the flies fall as 

 lightly and naturally as possible, you should 

 raise your rod gently and by degrees (some- 

 times with a kind of gentle trembling hand, as 

 it were), which will bring the flies on a little 

 towards you, still letting them go down with 

 the stream ; but never draw them against it, 

 for it is unnatural ; and before the line comes 

 too near you, throw out again. When you 

 see a fish rise at the natural fly, throw out 

 about a yard above him, but not directly over 

 his head, and let your fly or flies move gently 

 towards him, which will show it him in more 

 natural form, and will tempt him more to take 

 it. Experience and observation alone, how- 

 ever, can make an angler a complete adept 

 in the art, so as to be able to throw his fly 

 behind bushes and trees, into holes, Bunder 



