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winch and the rings of your rod pointing upwards. 

 In England people throw the line, strike, play, 

 and land a fish with winch and rings under the rod. 

 They do wrong. When the rings point to the 

 water as you play a fish there is too much strain 

 upon them ; taking it off the rod, wearing out the 

 line by friction against the rings, and not letting 

 it run freely through them, as it would along the 

 rod if they pointed upwards. In casting only is it 

 more convenient that the winch should appear 

 beneath the rod. Appearance and convenience 

 are the only advantages of that position. 



The following observations of Mr. Ronalds* 

 should be attended to : "When a fish has just 

 risen at a natural object, it is well for the fisher- 

 man to try to throw into the curl occasioned by 

 the rise, and left as a mark for him ; but should 

 the undulations have nearly died away before he 

 can throw to the spot, then he should throw, as 

 nearly as he can judge, a yard or two above it, 

 and allow the flies to float down to the supposed 

 place of the fish ; if a rise do not occur, it may 

 be concluded that the fish has removed without 

 seeing the flies ; he may then try a yard or two 

 on each side of the place where the curl appeared, 

 when he may probably have a rise, and may pos- 



* " The Fly-fisher's Entomology ;" an exceedingly useful 

 book, published by Messrs. Longman and Co. 



