THE STONE-GRUBBER. 



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Catches, stone grubbing can be immediately recognised ; the sensation 

 reminds one of a terrier shaking a rat ; but in rapids the action of the 

 water upon the tackle often misleads a man by producing a similar im- 

 pression. The object of this manoeuvre of the fish is to break the hook, 

 by knocking it backwards and forwards against a boulder. Experience 



MB. L. J. GRAHAM-CLARKE, AT CRAIGLLYN, WYE. 

 To show the posit ion for playing a heavy Jink in a rapid. 



has confirmed the conviction that disaster will follow the application of 

 strain ; the line therefore should be, at once, considerably slackened, 

 when the fish will quickly move away. Should you succeed in 



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