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side. Strike the moment you see the fish rise 

 at your fly, remembering that he does not rise 

 to look at it, but to take it ; and if you do not 

 hook him in the instant you will not hook 

 him at all, for in nineteen cases out of every 

 twenty, he detects the deception the moment 

 he takes it in his mouth. We have tried them 

 over and over again, even when they have been 

 strong on the feed, and they will blow the fly 

 out of their mouth immediately they find that 

 there is something fastened to it, in a similar 

 manner to that in which a dog ejects a piece 

 of very hot food, only very much quicker, and 

 away they fly, as though their momentary 

 mistake had terrified them. In a phrenologi- 

 cal point of view, they must have the bump of 

 caution very largely developed; and we have 

 sometimes thought it would be well if we were 

 as cautious of subtle snares laid for us while 

 passing along the stream of this mortal life. 



Try every place where you can throw your fly 

 conveniently, for when they are after flies, they 

 will take them wherever they are to be found. 

 If the day be very fine, and the sun hot, the 

 sandy shallows will be the most likely places, 

 especially if there be deep holes near them, 

 where they harbour in cold dark days. They 



