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then do other anglers no harm, nor disturb 

 the fish ' any more, whateffer ! ' 



There is, however, one good reason for 

 fishing down when the river is high and 

 flooded, and when too deep to wade with 

 comfort. At such times the trout are more 

 scattered, unless in certain eddies or close to 

 the banks, and then the man and the pole 

 has more right on his side to fish down and 

 cover more 'miles and acres. But the very 

 proof of this being so must surely show to 

 the same individual that when the river 

 ' falls in ' to normal states of condition, when 

 'wadin' to the knee' is necessary for con- 

 cealment, when the trout are more circum- 

 scribed of necessity by the contracting of 

 the channel and clearing of the shallows, 

 surely the conditions are reversed ! Cer- 

 tainly, in flooded or high conditions of water, 

 fishing down (and walking down) covers 

 more water with the line and miles of the 

 bank, and it becomes necessary to do this to 

 make a good basket. But as certainly it is 

 unnecessary when the river becomes low and 

 clear. 



Fishing long in one place. It is against 



