8 DAYS IN DOVE DALE 



verance is being rewarded I at one end of 

 the line and a vigorous trout at the other ! 

 That young fellow at ' The Izaak ' who boasted 

 to me this morning that, with his young bride 

 to help him, he had hooked two tremendous 

 big ones (which, however, somehow managed to 

 * hook it ' from him), will no longer be able to 

 crow over me." 



This, and many another exciting thought, 

 rushed through my brain at this supreme 

 moment. Here I am with my trout fast 

 enough ; but how am I to get him out ? is 

 now the problem which exercises me. I am 

 quite aware that the landing net is the proper 

 thing, but how am I to get it around him ? 



How can I manage my rod, my line, and 

 my fish with one hand, and pass my net under 

 the fish with the other, and at the same time 

 prevent myself from tumbling down a steep 

 bank into a deep hole ? 



This was a puzzle. I had been told, and 

 I well remembered it, always to keep the 

 point of my rod up when landing a fish, but 

 how the deuce could I do all these things at 

 once ? 



How could I wind up, let out, play my fish, 



