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ing himself of other means. In days when the 

 water is clear and smooth not a breeze stirring to 

 curl its surface and when there is not the slightest 

 chance of success with the artificial fly, the shade- 

 fisher will not unfrequently bring home a dozen 

 or two of good trouts. In shade-fishing, the angler 

 ought to use a stiff rod and a line strong enough to 

 lift out a trout the moment he is struck; and for bait 

 we know nothing better than gentles. The best situa- 

 tions for practising this method of angling are the 

 banks of streams shaded by trees and bushes that 

 conceal the angler from the sight of the trouts 

 which are taking their ease in the pool below, lei- 

 surely opening their mouths and plying their gills 

 as if between sleeping and waking. Having put a 

 couple of gentles on his hook, let the angler warily 

 make his way through the bushes, and project his 

 rod as imperceptibly as the motion of the shadow 

 on the dial; and drop his hook as gently as a 

 caterpillar lowers himself from the branch of a lime 

 tree to the ground. A fine portly-looking trout, who 

 would not spring at the most tempting fly, as re- 

 quiring too much exertion, skulls himself, with two 

 or three gentle strokes of his tail, towards the dainty 

 morsel, wnich he tips over as you, gentle reader, 

 would an oyster; and, just as he is descending, he 

 feels a slight tickling in his throat; and before he 

 can ascertain the cause, he finds himself in another 

 element, flying like a bird through the alders that 

 shade his native stream. 



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