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side, and which is rarely without a good fish. 

 There, he rose: a large trout of 10 lbs., or a 

 salmon. Now wait a few minutes. When 

 a fish has missed the fly, he will not rise 

 again till after a pause — particularly if he 

 has been for some time in the fresh water. 

 Now try him again. He has risen, but he 

 is a dark fish that has been some time in the 

 water, and he tries to drown the fly with a 

 blow of his tail. I fear you will not hook 

 him except foul, when most likely he would 

 break you. Try the bottom of the pool, be- 

 low where I caught my fish. 



PoiET. — I have tried all the casts, a^id 

 nothing rises. 



Hal. — Come, we will change the fly for 

 that which I used. 



PoiET. — Now I have one : he has taken 

 the fly under water, and I cannot see him. 



Hal. — Straighten your line, and we shall 

 soon see him. He is a sea trout, but not a 

 large one. 



PoiET. — But he fights like a salmon, and 

 must be near 5 lbs. 



Hal. — Under 3lbs. ; but these fish are 

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