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which the angler's leave applied, it stated that 

 trout under fourteen and grayling under twenty- 

 four centimetres in length were to be returned 

 to the water. But unfortunately there had 

 been heavy rains in the mountains ; and the 

 Isar rolled through the valley in thick volumes, 

 bearing down to the plains great rafts of timber, 

 on which the woodmen and raftsmen steered on 

 their unrestrained way with noticeable skill and 

 strength. The result was that we secured but 

 three small grayling in one shallow, and in a 

 short time left the river, as it was hopeless to 

 wander longer by its banks. Our next view of 

 the Isar was when we stood on the bridge at 

 Munich, but our fly-fishing was then ended for 

 that autumn at least. 



