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fact never have I risen a trout when casting with 

 the left hand. I recognize clearly that it is 

 advantageous to be able to throw with either 

 hand, and the lady of the reservoir I never knew 

 her name showed me how it could be done. 



Fishing has somehow always been associated 

 with singing in my mind, and it struck me that it 

 would be interesting to find out whether any of 

 the leading lady singers were also attracted by a 

 sport which is beloved by Mr. Plunket Greene 

 and other famous male artists of song. There- 

 fore, I asked Mrs. Francis Muecke (Madame 

 Ada Crossley) whether she had ever been an 

 angler. " Yes," said this fine artist and very 

 charming Australian lady " I used to go deep- 

 sea fishing as a girl in Gippsland ; we used to ride 

 to the Ninety Mile Beach, about sixteen miles 

 away from my old home of course every 

 Australian rides ! We always had wonderful 

 sport, and we girls just loved the riding, the deep- 

 sea fishing, and the fun of it all ! " At the same 

 time, I asked her husband, Mr. Francis Muecke, 

 also an Australian, whether he had ever plied rod 

 and line, and he spoke with glee of an occasion 

 on which he went trout-fishing on a river near 

 King's Lynn and caught two trout, "and, what 

 is more," said the genial surgeon, "they were 

 sizeable, by which I mean eatable ! " I hope my 

 good friends, Mr. and Mrs. Muecke, will take up 

 fishing on their next Scottish holiday. 



The musical profession no doubt numbers a 

 good many other lady anglers. That great 



