168 J3F HOOK AND BY CROOK. 



work, our new friend taking the pool next higher up, 

 while we two reverted to our old tactics. 



The water had fallen about three inches and was of 

 real good colour, and when our companion took to the 

 boat we thought it was good odds on him; however, 

 we were wrong again, as he fished it down without a 

 touch, so we took a turn at the boat, and it was almost 

 with feelings of regret that we hooked a fish in the 

 water he had just cast over. He was clearly well 

 hooked, and after one or two short runs contented 

 himself with jagging a few feet beneath the surface 

 until he exhausted himself, and registered 18 lb. on the 

 scale. 



We have seldom played a fish who so persistently' 

 jagged at the line; but the rod held in both hands 

 clear of the body defied his efforts to escape. 



It was remarkable that each of the three fish killed 

 in this pool had adopted a different method in his 

 attempt to escape — the first having relied entirely upon 

 running, the second on jumping, and the last on 

 jagging at the line. 



This proved to be our bag for the day, as not another 

 could we raise, although plenty of fish were showing ; 

 yet upon our return home we found we had done as 

 well as the others who had been out, and that was not 

 saying much. 



Next day we retraced our steps and commenced 

 fishing the same pool, with a north-east wind blowing 

 a gale up stream ; indeed the wind was raising a minia- 



