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yoxir right hand at its balance 5 that is to say, where you 

 have a command over it - } the same as you would over a 

 well-balanced whip. Let the rod point a little forward, 

 straight before the left shoulder, the elbow being kept 

 close to your ribs, but without the smallest constraint. 



First, turn your rod with a light graceful motion to 

 the left (still the point a little lowered), and wave it back 

 again in a similar manner, from the left to the right j 

 carrying the point of it backward at the same time, and 

 quitting your hold of the hook, which, by this means, 

 will go far behind your back ; but as your next turn of 

 the rod is forward, and that the point is then considerably 

 lowered, your line will double back, and take a new 

 direction ; so that your fly will, at length, be carried com- 

 pletely before you, and give the lead to your line. 



As you feel the line getting into its proper direction, 

 carry forward your arm with an easy movement, until 

 your hand is on a level with your shoulder. By this 

 means, the little inclination the fly might have to tug, 

 and consequently to be checked short when the line ac- 

 quires its full extent, will be totally prevented ; espe- 

 cially if you yield a trifle more, by lowering your hand 

 and arm a little ; keeping them in a straight line up to the 

 shoulder : this is the doul:U tarn. 



Thus you will cause your fly to light so very gently OK 

 the water, as often to leave you in doubt. as to the precise 

 spot where it fell j but which is frequently pointed out by 

 the rising of a tish, deceived, equally with yourself, by 

 the slight you have attained. 



Above all things, avoid imitating the motion of a whip; 



for though this art is called whipping, it diflers widely 



from it in regard to the manner in which it is done. He 



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