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cial wings, resembling the natural wings of a fly 

 partially immersed in the water, would be more 

 suitable to the quieter mode of fishing. 



Much valuable time is frequently lost by 

 changing the fly often. It is better to persevere 

 with that which produces tolerable sport, than to 

 do so. 



Rising short, fyc. 



A fish is said to rise short when he does not 

 seize the bait voraciously and confidently ; and 

 this want of zeal is no doubt frequently occasioned 

 by the imitation shown to him being too faint a 

 resemblance of the real insect. 



Fish will sometimes rise freely at one moment, 

 and in ten minutes afterwards not a rise is to be 

 seen. One frequent cause of this is no doubt a 

 want of food to rise at. A sudden change of 

 weather, so slight as to be hardly perceptible to 

 us, may have great influence upon the insects, as 

 we perceive that it often has upon cows, asses, 

 dogs, and many other animals. 



Another cause for diminution or cessation of 

 sport may be the falling of the water in the bed 

 of the brook or river, occasioned by the stopping 

 of a mill above the situation of the fisherman. 

 I have observed from the fishing-house very 

 frequently a remarkable dimimition of rises in a 

 given interval to occur as soon as the water 



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