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rod ; it follows, as a matter of course, that if 

 you put this in the stream, the force of it acting 

 on its side will propel it to the other side of the 

 river, thus : 



And you attach to your line five or six hooks, 

 or more, the length of their respective lines, 

 shortening as they recede from the rod. When 

 a fish takes any of the flies, you pull him in to 

 your side, or, vice versa. Raking or harrowing 

 the water is different from this, and is practised 

 on both Tweed and Don, thus : Two rods 

 generally strong ones are procured the lines 

 run out according to width of the river. The 

 ends of both are joined together, thus : 



A the rods. B the flies, and C the water. 



You then harrow or drag them up or down 

 the stream generally up ; if a fish takes on 



