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ing shadows on the gravel or by the bank, or glide forth and 

 stand fanning in the current. But the deepest fascination 

 of trout and of trout-fishing is that there is always so much 

 more to learn. We cannot tell why trout feed so fitfully and 

 unaccountably, or whether they can see the colours in the 

 lures which we dress for them, or perhaps regard them all 

 as varying shades of grey. Only the flash of light from 

 some bright substance is unmistakably attractive to them ; 

 for the rest we are still in doubt. But behind all these 

 practical problems of the fly-fisher for all lovers of trout and 

 of nature, there is the primal fascination of the unknown life 

 in the pool. 



