NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHING. 453 



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TROUT-FISHING. 



Unlike the mere whipping for small fish, which I have 

 dilated upon as forming an excellent introduction to trout- 

 fishing, the latter requires great caution not to scare the 

 fish, either by the too near presence of the angler, or by 

 the awkward manipulation of his line and flies. The man- 

 agement of the two-handed rod will more properly come 

 under salmon and lake-trout fishing, for, although it is 

 sometimes employed in fishing for common trout in large 

 and wide rivers, yet it can scarcely even then be needed, 

 and it certainly loses in delicacy of manipulation much 

 more than it gains in its power of controlling a larger 

 extent of water. Different men adopt various plans of 

 throwing the fly, but it is of little consequence which 

 mode of many is followed, so that the angler has only 

 entire command of his rod and line, and can do what he 

 likes with his flies. When this perfection of casting is 

 arrived at, the angler may choose whether he will fish up- 



