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be requisite, and you must either take the advantage of 

 a strong wind in your back, to get your line out to its 

 proper length, or you must content yourself with such a 

 short range as you may be able to command, without 

 causing the fly to be jerked off from the hook. 



Nothing can be more killing than the natural fly ; but 

 it must be managed with the same skill as if it were arti- 

 ficial. Supposing thewind to be strong behind you, or alittle 

 slanting, you cannot do better than keep your rod nearly 

 steady in one position, such as will allow the fly, when- 

 ever the wind slacks a little, to drop gently upon the sur- 

 face, which in such case, will assuredly be more or less 

 rippled. 



I have often done this, and have seen various large 

 fishes watching for the fall of my hook among them $ 

 indeed, sometimes they grow impatient when the wind 

 keeps the fly for any while hovering over them - } they 

 will then make leaps at it. A very little practice will 

 give the learner a full confidence in tbis admirable device/ 

 and teach him how to manage his rod to advantage. 



Of Natural Files. 



The best are not very glaring in their colours, yet are 

 sufficiently conspicuous, and of a size to cover the whole 

 of the hook $ which, for such purposes, ought rarely to 

 exceed No. 7 : I should prefer No. 8, or 9, on the long 

 run; knowing them to be far more easily concealed, and 

 fully equal to catch very large fishes, under good manage- 

 ment of good tackle. 



Observe, however, that with the natural fly, you 

 should not be so quick in striking $ because the fishes are 

 not so apt to spit them out. 



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