10 SY SOOK AND BY CBOOK. 



We then fished the pool without result, even in the 

 shape of a casualty ; and as not even the movement of 

 a fish did we see, both strolled down bank, drew several 

 pools blank, feeling pretty sick of it, although a fish 

 rose at our friend's fly, but, missing it, refused to make 

 a second attempt. 



It was now getting late ; so we proposed to walk up 

 to the top pool, then, if our friend could not hook one, 

 to give it up for the day. But he was tired of the 

 business, and went home to do some letter- writing ; so 

 we decided to give it a cast over. 



The first time down, at about the middle of the pool, 

 a fish took the fly with a bang ; and a rare lively one it 

 was. However, she came to bank in about a quarter of 

 an hour — a pretty hen fish of about 16 lb., and fresh 

 run. Thus our day finished better than we anticipated. 

 We had a piece for dinner, and a better never was 

 tasted, the flesh being as firm as possible, with curd 

 between the flakes. 



The water by this time had considerably fallen in ; so 

 the next day we determined to try some of the pools 

 lower down, which, as a rule, fished best in a lowish 

 water. But we soon had cause to regret our decision, 

 as, after some hours at the waterside, we had not seen 

 a fish move. We then dropped down to our favourite 

 pool, in which we generally got a bit of sport. 



Some pools seem to favour particular anglers, and get 

 known as so-and-so's pet pool ; and the remark may 

 often be heard, " That's the pool in which so-and-so 



