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will sometimes take the fly very freely, in 

 shallows around holes, where there is scarcely 

 water enough to cover the dorsal fin ; but the 

 greatest caution is necessary in approaching 

 such a place, as well as in throwing the fly on 

 to it. You may throw the fly for trout the 

 whole of the day, but you will generally find 

 the best sport from about six in the morning 

 till twelve at noon, if the day be fine ; but if 

 the morning be dark and cold and the evening 

 turn out mild and pleasant, they will then take 

 the fly well, in particular after soft showers 

 have fallen. Be very careful in landing your 

 fish, and never be in a hurry ; many hundreds 

 of trout have been lost through being too 

 anxious to bring them to land after they are 

 hooked ; never fish again directly in the same 

 place where you have taken a fish, for you may 

 be sure that the work of killing and landing 

 him has frightened all his finny companions 

 away from the spot ; and if you lose one in a 

 place the effect will be generally the same. 



Never throw your fly on the water in a wet 

 state, for if you do it will sink the moment it 

 gets there, which is not .well. To prevent this, 

 whisk it once or twice through the air before you 

 let it fall on the water. And remember that 



