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hit your fly a foot above the water, then hit him, 

 bringing him after a zig-zag, and jumping fight, 

 to creel, you feel as if you had the best sort of 

 religion ; and call on the et cetera boy for some 

 more nourishment. 



But your eye has got to be keen enough to 

 see when the trout takes the fly into his mouth 

 and you must strike then, if not sooner, or you 

 lose him. Likewise, when the fly is on the water 

 trickling down stream (it must always be kept 

 on the move), you ought to strike at every rip- 

 ple you see on the water within a foot of your 

 fly. Do not wait for the fish to be fool enough to 

 hook himself, for, unlike a catfish, he will only 

 do this accidentally. If they are not hungry 

 for flieSjtry small grasshoppers, and let your line 

 reel them down stream out of sight; and it will 

 prove a killing bait, although rather unsports- 

 manlike proceeding. 



Fish on down stream until a quarter past one 

 o'clock, then give your stomach some play and 

 yourself, an hour's rest. Rejuvenate yourself 

 and tumble down stream again until dark or 



