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this tit-bit, which may be done by a backward swing 

 of the rod and a loosening of the line at the end of 

 the swing. Let the lure sink there is great depth 

 then make draws of a foot at a time, letting back 

 after each draw about six inches, using your top 

 joint to accentuate the rise, the fall and the spinning 

 of the bait. 



Try another bait before flashing your rod over 

 the water ; a variation in size, merely, is sometimes 

 as effective as a change from artificial to natural. 

 Having done all you can, without success, proceed 

 to search the next nearest portion, by casting your 

 bait to your right, and bringing it gently over the 

 stream to your left, first with a regular draw, and 

 next with such a draw that half of the line taken is 

 allowed to slide back again through the rings. 



Search half the pool in this way, and then 

 change your bait and repeat your efforts over the 

 same ground. Next do the other half with like 

 care, when surely your labour will be rewarded, 

 even though it be not until you are quite at the 

 tail, not only of the pool, but also of your perseve- 

 rance. I will now tell you how to deal with a 

 Pulpit hooked fish. 



I know of no other spot where a salmon is so 

 long in realising that he has a battle before him. 

 He will lie at the bottom with such pertinacity, 

 notwithstanding a great strain, that doubts will 

 arise in your mind as to whether you are still 

 holding to a fish, and when at last he moves it will 



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