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finish in the neighbourhood of that opposite. Unless 

 he is raisino^ and missinor fish he need not cast twice in 

 the same place ; if the trout are inclined for food they 

 will seize his flies at once, and if they are not, they 

 will observe their passing unconcernedly. Having ex- 

 hausted the water within his reach, he will take a step 

 forward and go through the process anew. Casting 

 methodically, he should move slowly up the pool ex- 

 hibiting his flies, so far as he can, to every fish within it. 

 While he may, perhaps, anticipate most sport close to 

 the banks, he must not neglect the main current, and, 

 as on the loch, he should give careful attention to the 

 outer edge of the shallows. 



Streams should be dealt with in a similar manner. 

 In fishing a swift run, however, the angler is compelled 

 to cast with greater frequency than on the relatively 

 slow-flowing water of the pool, and as the rapid descent 

 of his flies may prevent their presence from being in- 

 stantly detected he may, until satisfied of their futility, 

 repeat his efforts to attract the notice of his quarry. 

 When casting towards the opposite bank, he may oc- 

 casionally have some difficulty in retaining his flies on 

 the spot he desires to search ; the intervening stream, 

 pulling on the line, tends to drag them quickly away. 

 But the exercise of a little ingenuity will generally 



