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line, and has a quick sight, and obedient 

 hand for striking, will be the most successful. 



To keep as far from the bank as possible 

 is particularly desirable; and if the wind be 

 at the back of the Angler, and his shadow 

 prevented from appearing upon the water, 

 so much the better. 



The principal object in throwing the line 

 is, that it may be extended in such a manner, 

 that the point fly may first lightly touch the 

 water, without disturbing it in a greater 

 degree than the actual alighting of the natu- 

 ral fly. Throwing the fly directly opposite, 

 or rather above the Angler, and playing it 

 gently across the stream as it floats down- 

 wards, is most to be recommended ; for to 

 force it against the current is unnatural, in- 

 dependent of the ruffling of the water 

 which suGh a bad practice occasions ; and 

 which, instead of alluring, will infallibly 

 frighten the fish. 



