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towards the lower end of pools where the 

 water shallows, and in broad parts of the 

 stream where it runs with a gentle current, 

 will frequently succeed ; but should a couple 

 of eels be taken at the commencement, the 

 angler ought to immediately shift his ground, 

 for he need not expect to catch trout 

 where eels have assembled, as they invari- 

 ably drive the former away. The angler 

 should fish with his face to the sun, that his 

 rod may not cast too great a shadow on the 

 water, and down the stream, that he may 

 have less chance of meeting with those trouts 

 which his previous attempts have rendered 

 shy, and caused to ascend towards its source. 

 When a fish has seized the fly, let the angler 

 strike lightly and nimbly as soon as he 

 turns to descend. No trout, whether great 

 or small, should be allowed to run out a 

 considerable length of line too freely, as the 

 object of giving a trout line which is to 

 gradually exhaust his strength in running it 

 off is thus defeated. In allowing a fish 

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