A GAME AUTUMN FISH. 11 



gets all his fish." It may be that a particular angler's 

 method of casting and working the fly may suit a pool 

 better than that of others ; but more likely that, 

 in the first instance, having been lucky in a certain 

 pool, the angler bestows more attention upon it in the 

 future, in the same way that one angler gets most of his 

 fish with a particular pattern of fly, for the simple reason 

 that he mostly uses it; but this is no proof that he 

 would not have done equally well with another pattern. 



This, our favourite pool, was a difficult one to fish, 

 the sandstone rock towering out of the very river to a 

 height of 200 feet or more, and supporting many trees, 

 which extended their branches over the stream down to 

 the water-level. 



The combination of left-handed casting and switching, 

 which the background necessitated, caused our friend, 

 by his recent experiences, to decline the contest ; so we 

 commenced to cast it, and about halfway down, under 

 an overhanging tree, felt that peculiar tug which no one 

 but an angler can appreciate. 



We gave him another in response, when he settled 

 down in mid-channel, which was most obliging on his 

 part, as it enabled us to wade quietly back to the edge 

 of the pool, and while so doing shouted for our attendant 

 with the gaff", whom we were soon glad to see wading up 

 along the base of the rock. 



Then the fun began ; for the fish, in answer to the 

 increased pressure applied, took a run of about 60 yards 

 straight down stream, then came to the surface, lashing 



