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third or even a fourth time, and be hooked after all. 

 When a Salmon has risen, instead of immediately throw- 

 ing again, the best plan is for the angler to sit down 

 quietly on the bank for a few minutes, and then care- 

 fully cast over the fish again, beginning a few yards 

 above the actual spot where the rise took place, and 

 bringing the fly gradually down over it. If the fish does 

 not rise, a short interval should be allowed as before, 

 during which the fly should be changed for one of 

 another colour, and afterwards the same process repeated. 

 Some good fishers advise changing the fly the first time 

 of recasting, and a second or even third time afterwards ; 

 but my experience is in favour of the system here de- 

 scribed, which is both simpler and less troublesome. If 

 a Salmon will not rise either to the original or to a new 

 fly, the chances are much against his rising again at all 

 at that moment. He may do so, however, at another 

 time of the day, and in view of this contingency the 

 casting over him of a number of flies a great many times 

 is less likely to attract than to disgust him. 



Wading. 



Wading is often necessary in Salmon-fishing, and 

 indeed in Trout-fishing also. Where the fisherman has 

 to wade deep, as is often the case in Salmon-fishing, 

 fishing trousers fastening round the waist will often be 

 found a great convenience : they are also much less 

 dangerous than either wading stockings or leather boots. 



