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water at each cast when fishing down from the 

 bank than from the channel, he should walk down 

 a yard or two before making the next venture. 



I have already stated that fishing down from the 

 bank is never very satisfactory in any circumstan- 

 ces, and should only be resorted to when no other 

 method will suit. With a strong wind blowing 

 down-stream, it is better to cross to the channel, 

 cast towards the bank, and fish down ; but if the 

 wind be only moderate, it is better still to endeav- 

 our to fish up, by casting as near as possible to 

 the wind and wading towards the bank ; and where 

 the water is too wide to be commanded from the 

 channel, to cast up-stream from the bank. 



In fishing such a stream as the Daer with a 

 strong wind blowing down and the water low, I 

 would work up-stream as far as I intended to fish, 

 casting across if I could not cast up, rather than 

 walk up two or three miles and fish down. In a 

 large full water, where the sharp eye of the trout 

 could not serve it so well, and where wading up 

 would be difficult on account of the strength of the 

 current, I would reverse the process by first walk- 

 ing up as far as time would permit and then fishing 

 down. In the latter case the result might be 

 fairly good, but it would certainly be better in the 

 former. 



Mr Francis advises the angler to " allow his fly 



