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A SCOTTISH FLY-FISHER 



utilize a seemingly propitious moment, made an attempt 

 to cast, the wind, waiting the opportunity, turned sud- 

 denly about, and, seizing his line, dashed it in his face. 

 If, in its malicious playfulness, it did permit his flies to 

 reach the surface, they were immediately snatched up 

 and blown, like Tennyson's rooks, "about the sky." 



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Uncertain as are the conditions under which the 

 angler's pastime is pursued, there is one variety of 

 weather in which he may anticipate success with a 

 confidence he will seldom find misplaced. It may occur 

 at any time throughout the summer, and generally con- 

 tinues for several days together. It is distinguished by 

 unusual warmth, by sunny skies, and by the ordered 



