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should lay the stress as near the hand as possible, 

 and make the wood undulate from tliat point, 

 which is done by keeping your elbow in advance, 

 and doing something with your wrist, which is 

 not very easy to explain. Thus the exertion 

 should be chiefly from the elbows and wrists, and 

 not from the shoulders. You should throw clear 

 beyond the spot where the salmon lie, so that 

 they may not see the fly light upon the water ; 

 then you should bring the said fly round the 

 stream, describing the segment of a circle, taking 

 one step in advance at every throw. In this 

 manner the fish see your fly only, and not the 

 line. It is customary to give short jerks with 

 the fly as you bring it round, something in the 

 manner of minnow-spinning, but in a more gentle 

 and easy way, and I think this manner is the most 

 seducing you can adopt; it sets the wings in a 

 state of alternate expansion and contraction, that 

 is extremely captivating.' 



" I think I can make Mr. Scrope's directions 

 touching casting the salmon-fly somewhat more 

 easily understood. Hold your salmon-rod by 

 grasping it with the right hand above the winch ; 

 with the left, beneath it. Grasp it firmly, and 

 poise it backwards by the strength of your fore- 

 arms, as you would a long-handled light axe, with 



