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DRY-FLY FISHING 



lives from which to choose. He may try a cast 

 such as is shown in Fig. 3. On paper, and to those 

 who have not tried it or seen it done, it may appear 



A STRAIGHT CAST ACROSS A FAST STREAM. 



an impossible sort of affair ; but it can be executed, 

 only after considerable practice certainly, by hold- 

 ing the rod horizontally across to the left and 



