58 THE DAYS OF THE MAY-FLY 



stream. Every device which heredity 

 and cunning have given him and trout 

 are more clever than they used to be 

 he employs to shake off that something 

 which holds him fast, yet which gives to 

 every strain and yields to every motion, 

 until exhausted, when the click of the 

 reel tells the tale of victory, and the 

 angler has forgiven those persecuting 

 flies, the oppressive heat, and the long 

 wait he endured before the rise began. 



