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bank as possible, where the fish are lying in wait, 

 the angle at which he should cast will depend very 

 much on the width and depth of the stream. If 

 the stream be both wide and deep, and the water at 

 the bank can only be commanded with difficulty 

 from the channel, the angler may make the first 

 cast nearly straight across say at an angle of 10 

 from the right angle, and allow his flies to sail 

 down as much below that angle. His next cast 

 should cover fresh water a few yards farther up- 

 stream at about 60 from the channel, and should 

 cease at the point where the first cast commenced. 

 In this second cast the flies will not, of course, fall 

 so near the bank as in the first ; but still they will 

 cover water that may yield a fish. A third cast 

 might be made at about 40 from the channel, and 

 spent where the second began. Though in such 

 a condition of the stream the beginner may thus 

 make the most of his position on the channel side, 

 he is not likely to make the most of the water. 

 For when, from the depth of the stream or the 

 strength of the current, the angler is unable per- 

 fectly to command the bank where the trout are 

 rising, his best plan is to cross to the opposite 

 side somewhere farther down, and fish up from 

 the bank. 



If the river is not so wide or deep as in the 

 former case, and the bank can be reached more 



