160 BY HOOK AND BY CSOOK. 



warm work indeed, but it was not to be the total, for 

 as we were pitching the line into the stream to set the 

 fly straight after taking it from the fish's jaw, we 

 hooked a fourth in the very spot where the others had 

 been played. 



From the glimpse we had of him he appeared to be 

 of about 6 lb. weight, so we treated him in a summary 

 manner, and, gi^^ng him no law, had him on the bank 

 in double quick time, and were surprised to see him 

 turn the steel-yard at 10 lb. This made the bag up 

 to three fresh fish and one " old 'un " returned — not a 

 bad morning's work, or day's work as it eventually 

 proved to be, for although we stuck hard at it until 

 7 P.M., not auother could we tempt. 



During the night rain fell, which with the melted 

 snow it brought down from the hills caused the river 

 to rise some eight inches, and at the same time coloured 

 it to such an extent that the following day fishing was 

 out of the question : one day wasted. 



The next day, being the third of our visit, the water 

 was still coloured ; but, in spite of all native advice, we 

 made up our minds to give it a trial in the afternoon, 

 and with that object despatched a boat by cart to a 

 pool about six miles lower down, which seemed on the 

 face of it rather a foolish design, as naturally the lower 

 water would take longer to clear, but, in consideration 

 of the local prophecy, we really had little hope of sport, 

 and the boat would at all events be ready for the 

 morrow. 



