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the edge of the pool, then we hauled hard on the fish, 

 who was into the net and out on the bank before he 

 knew it. 



The chub fights hard at first, but soon gives in, 

 coming to hand like a log ; yet fly-fishing for him is not 

 entirely to be despised. 



For the first two or three weeks of the season, chub 

 may be found feeding among the weeds upon shallows in 

 mid-stream, but he soon deserts such feeding-grounds 

 for less disturbed quarters. 



While fishing under such conditions with a red palmer 

 we have frequently hooked and landed good-sized perch. 



