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a down-stream wind, making it impossible for you to fish 

 up, you may fish down if the wind is on the flats and the 

 river is moderately large so as to give you a chance of 

 keeping out of sight. Take your stand at the head of the 

 broken water, as well out of sight as possible, and making 

 a pretty long cast, let your worm be taken quietly down 

 the stream ; keep a slack line (which you may do by step- 

 ping a yard or two down the river after you have made 

 your cast), or the wind will get under your line and bring 

 the bait to the top. Not infrequently a skilful fisher will 

 make a good dish of fish in this way in very unpromising 

 weather, when circumstances make it impossible for him to 

 adopt the more scientific up-stream method. 



Any one who takes up worm fishing in this, its most 

 scientific and interesting form, will be soon convinced of its 

 killing nature, and will probably congratulate himself on the 

 acquirement of this most successful and fascinating branch 

 of the Art of Angling. 



