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bait is gently urged through the air, rather than 

 cast to any suitable eddy or spot likely to hold a 

 trout. Letting the point of the rod droop, the 

 bait " shoots headlong through the blue abyss," as 



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Fig. 69. 

 Trout Gang baited. 



Fig. 68. Trout Gang. 



a poet has aptly described the motion. That is 

 the " sink " of the " sink and draw " bait-fishing. 

 After a little pause the point of the rod is gently 



