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assist the Trout to eject the hooks by removing the pressure which 

 keeps them in position. The sooner the fish is drawn out of the 

 strong stream the better, only it is not always that the hooked 

 Trout will permit the angler to have anything approaching his own 

 way. 



Whether you fish with live bait or go spinning, never put the 

 line into the water without thoroughly testing every part of it. 

 Runs from Trout in the Thames come so rarely, that no chance of 

 a break away must be given by failure to submit the tackle to a 

 heavy strain before using. Reliance upon his tackle lends 

 additional confidence to the angler and power to his arm. 



The salmon fisherman may like to try his luck with the fly rod. 

 If he does so in certain spots he may be successful, as others 

 have been before him. The best places for the fly on the Thames 

 are Sunbury Weir, Penton Hook, Windsor Old River, and Marlow 

 Weir. The angler need not be told where to fish when he reaches 

 any of those places. His fly should be on the small side, and he 

 need not hesitate to fish the same water over and over again, with 

 decent intervals of rest. 



