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advantage where the trout are on the open 

 gravelly shallows, . during sunny days ; let 

 them sink, and watch for a curve in the water 

 near them, and then strike. Do not have 

 your fly on a hook too small, especially if the 

 trout in the stream run large, for in that case 

 you will be sure to run a chance of missing 

 when you strike. You may, if you please, use 

 two or three flies on your line, at about twenty 

 inches apart, but we do not recommend that 

 plan ourselves, though we know some who 

 adopt it. For you never can throw two or 

 three flies with the same nicety as one ; and 

 beside this, if you hook a fish on the nearest 

 hook to you, while you are killing it the other 

 hooks will very likely get entangled in the 

 weeds, and annoy you. 



When throwing the fly, always have, if pos- 

 sible, the wind directly at your back. And if 

 one side of the stream contains more fish thau 

 the other, as is sometimes the case, manage, if 

 you can, to throw your fly from the opposite 

 side. If you cannot do that, and you must 

 throw from the side where the fish are, keep 

 as far from the water as possible, and do not 

 throw your fly too far over the stream, for your 

 line will be likely to start the fish from the 



