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and catching his fish. In the first place, the 

 fisher should keep as far ojff the water as 

 possible when throwing next his own side, and 

 make it a rule, whenever he can, to angle on 

 the bank from which the wind blows, as it will 

 enable him to throw the flies across to tlie 

 opposite bank, and play them gently down the 

 stream in a slanting direction towards him, 

 moving backwards as they approach his side, 

 drawing them up along the bank if the stream 

 is any ways deep, as a trout of good size is 

 often lying in such a place when undistm'bed, 

 as you fish cautiously down. 



The line should not be let off the reel too 

 fast when you begin to throw, that the stream 

 may be carefully covered near you, and as you 

 move along let it off so as to cover the whole of 

 the water. Hold the rod firmly above the reel 

 in the right hand, and take hold of the end of 

 the casting line in the left, give it a motion 

 towards your left shoulder, and over the head 

 with a circle to the full length of the flies 

 behind you, and with a spring of the rod and 

 motion of the arm bring them right before you 

 on to the stream, as straightly and lightly as 

 possible, and by this method you will prevent 



