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distance and is coming after it ; it does not 

 mean that the fish has already risen. The 

 trout -fisher, whose experience has taught 

 him to strike at any movement of the water, 

 does so when he sees this wave, but the 

 chub-fisher draws his fly steadily on in front 

 of the wave until he feels or sees his line 

 tighten. Then he knows that the chub has 

 really taken the fly, and that he may strike. 

 Of course it sometimes happens that the fly 

 falls just above the chub's nose, and then he 

 will rise as quickly as a trout and may be 

 struck at once ; but more often he will 

 follow it for some distance before he takes 

 it. In rough water one often sees neither 

 wave nor rise, but a little practice makes it 

 possible to tell with certainty from the 

 tightening of the line when a fish has taken 

 the fly. A chub will often hold an artificial 

 fly in his mouth for a long time before he 

 discovers his mistake. 



So much for the straightforward method 

 of chub-fishing in the evening. We now 

 come to fishing for them in the daytime, 

 which is to my mind far more fascinating as 

 well as more difficult. The hotter and finer 

 the day the more I am pleased, and herein 



