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CHAPTER VIII. 



CASTING AND STEIKING. 



TT7E shall treat this subject under two 

 aspects: first, if you have the whole 

 boat to yourself; and second, if it is being 

 shared by some one else. 



If you have a boat to yourself, stand as near 

 the centre of it as you possibly can without 

 interfering with the boatman in rowing, and 

 cover every inch of the water in front of you 

 and as far to the sides as the wind will per- 

 mit. Always be careful how you cast that 

 is, every time you throw your flies see that 

 they land lightly on the water, as no one can 

 expect to raise fish if any splash is made by 

 either line or flies. Tine casting is not quite 

 so essential, of course, when a fair breeze is 

 blowing; but if the wind be light, then the 



