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were fishing for their non-migratory re- 

 lations ; and as some of the old stagers 

 have a fighting power that would do 

 credit to many a grilse, the tackle must 

 be good and the rod fairly stiff, yet as 

 light as possible. If the stream is not too 

 rocky, a silver minnow will prove an 

 equally attractive bait. 



As one follows the river from its lower 

 levels, every open space for it is much 

 overgrown with hazels and willows 

 affords a possibility of a struggle with a 

 lusty sewin, and the circumstances are 

 such that the chances are ever in favour 

 of the fish, for he will dart among the 

 floating drift and scum that swirls in the 

 eddying corners, hitch your line in the 

 trailers of a bramble, or rasp it against 

 the sharp edge of a slaty rock, until one 

 verily shivers for the safety of his cast 

 and its victim. Let him rush down- 

 stream,whence, owing to rock and bush, 

 you cannot follow him, and he will 



