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and the water becomes j ust nicely tinted. Assum- 

 ing that the flood is a slight one, there will be 

 many more places fishable than in heavy water. 

 For instance, all the very moderately-flowing 

 stickles and glides will hold taking fish, though I 

 should not try the short ones much broken by 

 stones. The quieter parts of the little waterfall 

 pools, all gentle eddies near the banks, all flats 

 and still places, especially in their higher parts 

 where they meet the fag-end of the current, will 

 be good. It is of no use trying rapid or turbulent 

 spots in freshets. The trout which are roving 

 from their old positions like to feed in comfoft, 

 and have as little trouble as possible in snatching 

 at the dainties washed down. All the edges of 

 currents are particularly good, but never where 

 the worm would be violently hurried. If it 

 rained again that night, and the porter tint and 

 amount of water was maintained, the next day 

 should also do well, though hardly so well as the 

 first. Should there be no more rain, the spate 

 would quickly run down, and if the stream was 

 clear, though still fairly high on the day after, it 

 would, in my opinion, be useless to try worm ; 

 a few happening small trout which had not had 

 quite their share of good things being probably 

 the only catches. One way of working in a small 



