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centre, and preferably where the current will 

 carry the fly down faster than the leader (the 

 choice being governed naturally by the char- 

 acter of the stretch), he should place his fly some 

 distance a yard or two ahead of the swirl 

 and a foot or two to the side nearest him, al- 

 lowing it to float down eight or ten feet; if no 

 rise is effected he should place his fly in the 

 same spot again and again until he has made 

 twenty-five casts or more. It is important that 

 each cast should be executed with the same pre- 

 cision and delicacy as marked the first attempt. 



The method is based upon the theory that a 

 feeding trout or even one that is not feeding, 

 for that matter may be induced to take up a 

 position in line with the direction in which the 

 angler's fly is travelling, under the belief that 

 flies are coming down-stream in such quantities 

 as to make them worth investigating. Once 

 this position is compelled it is only a question 

 of time and patience upon the part of the angler. 

 The trout will rise eventually to one of this 

 "hatch." The angler cannot hope to have this 

 coup come off, however, if he has made any 

 mistake in his casting or has shown himself or 

 his rod. 



The beginner practising the method will 



