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tion from a letter from an expert up-stream 

 fisher : ' My own experience is to put on a 

 lead shot and fish up-stream (with a long 

 rod?). ... I remember well a typical day 

 with nearly a gale blowing down. Even 

 with the aid of a sinker I could not even get 

 a rod's length of line out, and often it went 

 splash into the water in a most unfisherman- 

 like way. Yet, spite of these disadvantages, 

 I never had such a good take, and never had 

 so many extra large trout. A hard down- 

 stream wind helps one little in quick streams ; 

 but near the tops and at the tails of pools, 

 where big ones are fond of lying, and where 

 it is impossible to fish them in fine water 

 the only legitimate worm-water in ordinary 

 conditions the strong wind gives sufficiently 

 rough water to hide the fisher, though using 

 only a very short line. As regards the 

 pleasure, however/ he adds, ' of fishing under 

 these conditions, that is a matter of taste. 

 I must confess, after the day's fishing re- 

 ferred to, I felt mentally and physically (fizzi- 

 cally ? P.D.) done, with wading up-stream and 

 exerting all my strength casting, though I 

 had a good basket of magnificent fish. I must 



