3 BY SOOK AND BY CROOK. 



This state of affairs was no good augury ; neverthe- 

 less, with four days at our disposal, and a thorough 

 " ken " of every pool, we did not despair of some sport. 

 We fished the first two days, and by Saturday 

 evening had only landed one kelt, which of course 

 was returned to the water, and things would have 

 in all probability gone badly with us had not some 

 rain fallen in the hills that same night, which, by 

 Monday morning, brought the river down some four or 

 five inches, showing a fair tinge of colour. 



This was a decided improvement in our prospects, 

 giving us renewed hope, as although this slight rise was 

 not sufficient to bring fresh fish up from the sea, yet it 

 would have caused those lying lower down to shift up, 

 and, as is often the case under such circumstances, 

 might induce them to take. 



Full of hope and breakfast, we made any early start 

 on the Monday, and fished two or three pools with 

 every care, but without success, and, strange to say, 

 although the fish were jumping all over the place, not 

 one could be induced to pay the slightest attention to 

 delicacies in the shape of fly or angel (minnow) . 



In no very cheerful mood we moved up to the next 

 pool above, which was always our favourite on account 

 of the sport it generally afforded and the variety of 

 casting it entailed to properly fish it. 



The head of the pool breaks over large boulders of 

 rock, which raise the stream into miniature billows and 

 afford excellent resting-places for the fish ; lower down 



