FOREST, LAKE, AND RIVER 



searcher after sport should, with extreme care, gain 

 a foothold on some level rock. This task is diffi- 

 cult, so strong is the energy of the current. When 

 at last it is accomplished, a spot in the pool is 

 chosen where casts can be readily made with fair 

 chances of success. 



The angler then guides the flight of his flies, so 

 that they rest where he deems it to be the most 

 advantageous. The roar of the winds that forever 

 sing their weird and wild greeting is but a fitting 

 musical setting to a drama of nature that beggars 

 description and holds enchanted the senses of the 

 looker-on. Nerved and keyed to a high pitch, the 

 angler will tingle and thrill when a rise is seen and 

 a strike is made. The trout seek to regain their 

 liberty by strenuous leaps for freedom. They 

 know not the meaning of death, and, while life 

 remains, beg not for quarter, as they seem to fly 

 from place to place. Now from the quiet waters 

 into the whirl, now rushing towards you, then 

 darting away. These tactics are alike characteris- 

 tic of large and small. A quick eye, steadiness, 

 and careful watching are necessary from the first 

 to the last. Even when the fish seems to be tired 

 out, yet must he be landed, and the sight of a net 

 acts upon him as an elixir that imbues him with a 

 new life. With no one nigh to aid, the exciting 



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