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is needed to keep nerves under control 

 and so avoid the startled jerk, which so 

 frequently results in the loss of a decent 

 trout. 



When once you have securely got the 

 hook home, the greater care you exercise 

 in playing the fish the more certainty you 

 have in ultimately creeling it. 



JUNE FLY-FISHING. 



With the advent of June fly-fishing 

 becomes uncertain on our principal rivers. 

 In fact, as soon as the stone-fly appears on 

 the water fly-fishing becomes at a discount. 

 Yet occasionally a decent basket of fish 

 may be secured by using the finest of arti- 

 ficial flies; but for reliable fishing the 

 angler must wend his way to the hilly 

 country side or outlying districts and 

 make for the smaller tributaries, where 

 good baskets may frequently be made by 

 using similar flies used in the main rivers a 



