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to meet the altered conditions of pool, 

 stream, and eddy. If he wants to know 

 how completely changed a river like the 

 Tweed at the points indicated can be, just 

 let him, for instance, try to cross the ford 

 at Dryburgh, which he waded at the same 

 time last year, with comparative ease. But 

 let him have his life insured first, for the 

 chances are that he will find himself swept 

 off his feet, and sent rolling down " The 

 Boat-hole " into the " Hare Craig pool." 



In treating my last subject, " The Fish- 

 ing of ' Waters ' with the Wet Fly," I re- 

 marked that I wrote for the learner; that 

 I did not, in fact, presume to teach the 

 expert. But, let it be clearly understood 

 that I meant the word " learner," in a 

 kindly, brotherly, and comprehensive sense. 

 All good fellow-fishermen should belong to 

 that brotherhood ; and, as a matter of 

 fact, they do, in all things pertaining to 

 angling; and the position of an angling 

 author is neither more nor less than this : 

 he gives his ideas and his experiences 

 publicity, in the hope that he may possibly 

 render a service to any one who is not above 

 taking a leaf out of his book. I hold that 

 all true anglers are essentially learners, 

 to a greater or less extent. The "learner " 



