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thrills of several sorts and varying magnitude. 

 My advice to the average angler is simply, don't. 

 The line should be somewhat heavy, size E or F. 

 Leader of ordinary length. Any standard pat- 

 tern of flies, adapted to the stream and season, 

 will prove satisfactory. They may run some- 

 what large in the larger streams, of a dark color 

 if white water predominates. In the smaller 

 creeks employ the smaller flies, even the midgets ; 

 but more of this matter in the next chapter. 



