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the right hand was above the reel, and the left was upon 

 the butt. He now changes hands, grasping the butt 

 with the right hand, the left above the reel, and, throw- 

 ing his rod over the left shoulder for the back-cast, 

 delivers his fly at I, guides it around to the vicinity of F, 

 in the manner already described. The second cast is 

 now complete, and the fly has swept the pool from E to 

 I. Though this, if well done, will usually be sufficient 

 to demonstrate the presence or absence of a fish inclined 



Fig. 20. 



to rise, still it may be repeated once. Beyond this it is 

 seldom worth while to go, unless some resting-place es- 

 pecially favored by the fish is under the cast. 



The hands are now shifted as before, the line length- 

 ened six or eight feet, and the fly delivered at JK, and 

 the first process is repeated in all things until the fly has 

 been displayed from -ff'to a point beyond I; and this is 

 repeated again and again, in default of a rise, until all 

 the line is out that the angler can conveniently swing. 



