ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHING. IQ 



fact, one friend in particular, should he 

 read this, will at once know who I am 

 referring to, inasmuch as it took days to 

 get him out of the way of that dreadful 

 heave of the arm ; eventually, to accom- 

 plish this I had to strap his arm by the 

 side of his waist. In this way he was 

 enabled to overcome the difficulty. Always 

 bear in mind that every cast should as 

 much as possible be made from the 

 wrist, keeping the arm down to the elbow 

 close by the side, and thus save labour, 

 and at the same time giving a graceful 

 and accurate throw. 



FLIES MUST NOT DRAG. 



In up-stream fishing you are con- 

 stantly casting three times for a down 

 fisher's once. Let your line float about 

 three yards, then up and at them again. 

 Do not drag your flies, but keep your 

 line fairly taut. The natural flies are 



