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With sullen plunge : at once he darts along, 

 Deep struck, and runs out all the lengthen'd line, 

 Then seeks the farthest ooze, the sheltering weed, 

 The cavern'd bank, his own secure abode ; 

 And flies aloft, and flounces round the pool, 

 Indignant of the guile. With yielding hand, 

 That feels him still, yet to his furious course 

 Gives way, you, now retiring, following now 

 Across the stream, exhaust his idle rage, 

 Till floating broad upon his breathless side, 

 And to his fate abandon'd, to the shore 

 You gaily drag your unresisting prize." 



CASTING. 



There are several kinds of casts to be used, for the ordinary 

 casts will be of little avail under some circumstances. To 

 make the ordinary cast, begin with a short line, and by the action 

 of the wrist and forearm propel it out in front of you, so that 

 when it is extended to the full length, the fly will be two or three 

 feet above the surface, on which it should fall by its own weight. 

 In repeating the cast raise the point of the rod slowly, and 

 bring it back over your right shoulder, so that the line shall 

 describe the shape of a horse-shoe behind you ; then throw it 

 forward again in the same manner as before ; keep casting in 

 this way until you can throw a tolerable length, say, twelve 

 or fourteen yards, always striving more for accuracy and delicacy 

 than length. 



Sometimes a fish may be seen rising which is out of reach 

 of the ordinary cast. In such case it 'will be necessary to 

 adopt what is called the augmented cast. 



Throw out as much line as you can in the ordinary way, 

 then with the forefinger of the right-hand press the line 

 against the rod, draw two or three yards off the reel with the 

 left hand ; bring back the line and throw it forward again, 

 and just before it reaches its fullest extent remove your finger, 



