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FLIES AND FLY FISHING. 



metal minnows spin so well that it is not necessary to 

 draw them too quick through the water, even when they 

 are travelling clown stream. I am writing on the suppo- 

 sition that the fisherman is wading, for it is impossible to 

 work the minnow properly from the bank, in confined 

 and wooded streams and brooks, and the places that are 

 open are seldom worth trying. The accompanying 



diagram gives the 

 line that ought to be 

 taken by the bait. 



D is where the 

 fisherman is stand- 

 ing. The stream 

 running down from 

 A to B. The bait 

 should enter the 

 water at A, and be 

 drawn down close 

 under the bank E to 

 B, and then brought 

 up to C. The brass 

 minnow should al- 

 ways be used in clear water, and the silver one occa- 

 sionally when there is a stain in the water. 



