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the wind blows very strong, directly across you 

 from the right .... Throwing with the left 

 hand is then a convenience ; but for those who 

 are not able to do this, I can suggest no better 

 make-shift, than to raise the rod over the left 

 shoulder, and throw the line by a motion simi- 

 lar to that used with a whip, when lightly hit- 

 ting a leader on the near side. Avoid, if you 

 can, going too close to the edge of the water. 

 Throw, if you are au fait enough to do it well, 

 rather for the fly to become for a moment sus- 

 pended across the wind, than directly down the 

 wind; as it then falls still lighter, and from 

 this circumstance is, of course, more likely to 

 deceive a large fish. Prefer dropping the fly 

 just under a bush or in an eddy, to the open 

 river; because your line is then more obscured 

 from the light, and the largest fish generally 

 monopolize the possession of such places, in 

 order to find and devour the more flies and 

 insects ; and also to be near their places of secu- 

 rity. If the spot is quite calm, watch the first 

 good fish that rises, avail yourself immediately 

 of the ripple that has been made by the fish 

 himself, and drop in your fly a little above 

 where he last rose. Never let your line lie too 

 long, as, by so doing, you either expose your 

 tackle to the fish by leaving it stationary, or 

 draw the line in so close, that you lose both the 



