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AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. 



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After practising these two casts for some years whenever 

 the emergency required it in Trout-fishing, I was agreeably 

 surprised in reading Chitty's ("Theophilus South's") "Fly- 

 Fisher's Text-Book," to find them illustrated, and have intro- 

 duced the above diagram, which is somewhat similar, to show 

 that the same casts can be used in Salmon-fishing. 



There are other obstacles and impediments the Salmon- 

 fisher meets with, which he will have to bear patiently or 

 overcome as well as he can. Amongst these, there is nothing 

 so annoying as an unfavorable wind. At one time it may blow 

 obstinately in your very teeth, requiring a deal of " elbow- 

 grease" to get the fly out. At another time there is a spank- 

 ing breeze astern, and if you can get your line out behind 

 you, there are many chances of cracking your fly off'. Then 

 there is a side-wind blowing up stream or down stream, 

 requiring a nice calculation as to how much you must allow 

 for leeway, when aiming above or below the spot, as the case 

 may be. At such times, unless the fish are very much dis- 

 posed to rise, " the game does not pay for the candle," and the 

 fisher had better get into some sheltered nook and light his 

 pipe, instead of thrashing the wind and getting up a feeling 

 of animosity against old Boreas or ^Eolus. 



