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a look of compassion to wards the ardent 

 disciple of Izaak. 



But the angler needs no pity. He 

 experiences the same delightful sensa- 

 tions in the run of a roach as the fly- 

 fisher does when being raced headlong 

 down the banks of a rocky stream by a 

 fighting salmon. Let the chilly wind 

 blow across the water, or the rain pelt 

 him with icy drops, our bottom-fisher 

 is still happy. He was born an angler, 

 and an angler he will die. 



Yet, notwithstanding the fact that the 

 same instincts run in the veins of all 

 classes of fishermen, how different and 

 unique are the circumstances under 

 which the trout-fisher plies his art, more 

 especially if the stream is a rapid, rocky 

 one ! As lightly equipped as possible, he 

 sets off with his feather-weight rod and 

 a fly-book and reel that easily go into 

 the pocket. As there is much walking 

 to do, waders and brogues are out of the 



