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the surface^ except in low water, when a stranger would 

 hardly notice their existence. 



From the head to two thirds the distance down the 

 pool the water runs to a depth of from six to nine feet ; 

 but at the lower end it is much deeper, covering 

 huge boulders of rock, which eventually raise their 

 heads to within a few feet of the surface, forming a 

 natural masonry towards the construction of the pool 

 below. 



There are two or three trees on the bank sufficient 

 to give zest to the casting, but beyond these obstacles 

 there is nothing but a few pollarded willows towards 

 the end of the pool. 



Now there is a correct and an incorrect method of 

 fishing this, as there is most pools, and when we had it 

 undisturbed to ourselves we liked to cast it well down 

 from the bank to commence with, as frequently fish lay 

 close in to the side ; then it could be waded down from 

 the same bank, after which we would get into the boat 

 and have it rowed across to the opposite bank, selecting 

 a course which should as little as possible disturb the 

 best catches. 



Having attained the opposite bank we would first 

 take a beat close in shore, then row up again and take 

 another beat, and then a third, by which time the fly 

 should have passed over the head of every fish in the 

 pool, the system being very similar to that which a 

 man should adopt in shooting a turnip-field over a 

 brace of pointers, the chief difference being that. 



