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is made still more directly up-stream almost 

 straight up, in fact the rod must be skilfully 

 handled as the flies sail towards him, or disaster 

 will be the only result. Since the line cannot come 

 round with a sweep as in the other cases, but will 

 bear almost directly down upon him, he should not 

 allow the flies to cover more than two or tree yards 

 of water before moving farther up to cast afresh. 



If the trout are rising close to the bank, and 

 cannot be readily covered from the channel, the 

 most deadly mode of fishing is, as I have said, to 

 cast up-stream from the bank. In this case the 

 first cast is made about a foot or so from the side 

 it may even be straight up-stream within an inch 

 of the bank, if fish are rising there ; the second cast 

 a yard or two farther out; and a third cast still 

 farther into the stream, should a rising trout sug- 

 gest it. 



Acting on these hints the angler may, from one 

 position or another, sweep every yard of the stream 

 where fish are likely to be, his line radiating out 

 from him at varying angles to bank or channel, 

 and covering fresh and undisturbed water at each 

 cast. If he be a novice, however, ignorant alike 

 of the nature of the stream and of the habitats of 

 the trout at the season, he may waste valuable time 

 by fishing water that after all may prove unre- 

 nmnerative, if not utterly barren, unless he take 



