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THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE. 



reprinted and attached to Best's Art of Angling, 

 will furnish the minnow fisher with every infor- 

 mation which may be requisite. 



In lakes or large waters, where a boat can be 

 used, very large trout are not unfrequently taken 

 by trolling with a par, or small trout, having two 

 strong rods, with proportionately strong tackle, 

 at the stern of the boat, leaving about forty yards 

 of line out, and as much on the reel. The force 

 of the rowers must be just sufficient to spin the 

 bait, without drawing the line much out of the 

 water ; or, if the angler should not be provided 

 with suitable tackle for trolling, he will, in chang- 

 ing his station in a boat, frequently succeed in 

 taking large trout by trailing a salmon fly or flies 

 fifteen or twenty yards from the stern of the 

 boat. 



Having thus treated of all the modes of angling 

 in rivers, which afford exercise as well as amuse- 

 ment, the compiler leaves to other hands the task 

 of showing the use of night lines, salmon roe, 

 spears, and nets, all of which are beneath the 



