THESE 'S MA2rT A SLIP," ETC. 



the currents gradually subside into fast-running curling 

 water, only to be commanded by wading down under 

 the high cliflf of red sandstone rock, from the crevices 

 of which trees of many sorts projected, overhanging 

 and shading the pool. 



Here and there the angler could wade out into the 

 pool; but, for the most part, to command the catch the 

 Spey cast had to be adopted, and even so it was difficult 

 to fish it systematically down to the tail, as the eddies 

 at the side sank the line at the angler's feet and pro- 

 hibited everything but the use of a very short cast. 



We fished it down assiduously with the fly without 

 even a touch, but as the sun was beating straight down 

 on the pool we could not but feel that failure was not 

 entirely the fault of the fish. 



In this state of the water we knew it was not the 

 slightest use trying any but broken water, so we 

 replaced the fly with the minnow and prepared to fish 

 it down again. 



Large fish were continually jumping, as if to jeer at 

 us ; and as, flashing in the sunlight, their silvery sides 

 now and again fell flat on the surface of the water, the 

 smack they made resounded for some distance and was 

 sufficient to spur any angler on to redoubled eflForts. 



When fish are jumping all over a pool in this manner 

 it seems incredible that not even one will make a mis- 

 take ; but experience teaches that, whichever way they 

 are inclined, they are, nine times out of ten, all of one 

 mind. One keeps saying to one's self, " If only one 



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