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in general, that do. Keep your shadow 

 as much as possible off the water, and when 

 you land your fish let his head drop into the 

 net first, and his whole weight will follow, lift 

 him clean up on the bank with a pull of the net 

 towards you, as this prevents him dropping out. 



FLY-FISHING FOR SALMON. 



When you begin fly-fishing for Salmon, you 

 must be careful not to let out too much of the 

 reel line first, but when you become accustomed 

 to it, and are master of throwing a short one, 

 let it out gradually till you are enabled to cover 

 the pool over which you cast with ease. 



If you practice throwing over a smooth wide 

 part of the river, you will see how your line 

 falls on the water, whether thrown in a lump, 

 or light and straight without a splash ; but at 

 one time you may cast the line right out over 

 the stream at its full length, and on giving 

 another cast you may allow the line to fall on 

 the water in the middle of it first, and the fly 

 to fall last, which is not so good, but in either 

 way the fish will rise and take it ; by the 

 last cast you may get the line farther ofi", and 



