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surface. It makes a good guide to the eye 

 if your line stops. 



We made a fine basket on the Whitadder 

 on a cool, drizzly day, with east wind, in 

 July, with blinks of sun now and then, by 

 this combination of fly and worm, and this 

 was the first time we had at that period ever 

 fished that river. The reach was that between 

 Abbey St. Bathans nearly to Ellemford, and 

 we fished it after two other anglers who had 

 fished in the early morning had taken down 

 their rods and left. We began about 10.45, 

 having driven over from Grant's House, and 

 continued fishing with varying success up to 

 about four, when the trout stopped apparently 

 for good. We had forty-eight trout just 

 twelve pounds ; and as we at that time had 

 never fished a well- whipped Border stream, 

 we felt fairly elated; and a local angler 

 from Duns, whom we met there Roger by 

 name said, 'Man, yeVe gotten a grand 

 tak' ; ' and afterwards, ' Ay, I mind ye. 

 Man, ye had a graund basket thon day last 

 year.' Roger at that time fished as a pro- 

 fessional angler for the White Swan Hotel, 

 Duns, and he and I passed several days 



