sport by returning. " What can I do to keep 

 him interested T w A happy thought struck me: 

 " Tell him he casts well." 



" How well you cast ! " I shouted. " We all no- 

 ticed it coming up the river." 



"Oh, no; really t w 



Up he jumped, threw out his chest, and as I 

 turned a bend in the river, the last thing I saw was 

 that rod going through the air a hundred casU to 

 the minute, and I heard a voice crying out : 



44 Do not be late for luncheon. Tou know we are 

 to fish early this afternoon I " He has since become 

 a good fisherman, and we have had many laughs 

 over the incident 



I once told a young woman who was fishing on 

 our river that she cast a good fly. I really believe 

 that she would have embraced me had I not 

 changed the subject We all like to be praised, 

 and what pleases us more than to be told we are 

 expert anglers f 



The learner should remember that it is just as 

 easy to make his casts gracefully as awkwardly. 

 How few anglers there are who, although they 

 are able to make the fly alight fairly well, do it in a 

 graceful and pretty way! It looks very simple, 

 but the little trick puzzles most of us at first, and 

 when once you have acquired the knack of turning 

 the wrists at the right moment, you have accom- 

 plished that in which the majority of anglers have 



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