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water side fully twenty yards below where 

 the ripple is first apparent. If you do not 

 pay particular attention to this, and walk 

 along the river side close to the stream you 

 are almost certain to disturb one or two 

 trout, who will dart up stream giving fatal 

 alarm to those above. 



In striking a stream thus, the fisher 

 should pay attention to the thin water on 

 the gravel-bed side of the stream, then 

 with consecutive casts fish carefully up, 

 casting the worm about a yard higher 

 up with each cast. If there are any large 

 stones or other shelter in the streams, or 

 where the channel merges into deeper 

 water, great attention must be paid to 

 these, as they are ideal haunts and seldom 

 prove unproductive. 



Little time should be wasted when 

 fishing small rivers; but with rivers like 

 the Eden, Coquet, or the Tyne, it is 

 different. In any of these rivers, or others 

 of a similar volume, a good stretch of water 



