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for the breadth of a perfect trout stream ? 

 No : I use a rod suitable to the breadth of 

 the water I fish in, and my own power of 

 casting ; and however broad the stream, 

 whether fishing for salmon or trout, I never 

 use one more than fifteen feet long, with 

 which I can throw more accurately the same 

 length of line that I can with a rod three feet 

 longer. Whenever I see a gentleman dressed 

 in fashionable angling costume a broad- 

 brimmed straw hat, new short-lapped coat, 

 caoutchouc boots, and a dirty-looking broad- 

 striped shirt angling with an eighteen feet 

 rod in a stream that he might stride over, I 

 set him down at once as a novice, fresh from 

 Cockney shire and a perusal of " Walton's 

 Complete Angler," which, perchance, he 

 carries in his creel, where it is in little danger 

 of being soiled by any fish he may catch. 

 With respect to lines and hooks ; the former 

 should always be as fine as possible, con- 

 sistent with strength, more especially the 

 foot line, which I think should be dyed of a 

 bluish green shade, and may serve for all 



