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continuously, or at small intervals, in a still water, 

 almost always in the same place and makes little noise 

 barely elevating his mouth to suck in the fly, and 

 sometimes showing his back-fin and tail. A large circle 

 spreads around him ; but there are seldom any bubbles 

 when he breaks the water, which usually indicate the 

 coarser fish. We will wait a few minutes ; I know there 

 must be trout here ; and the sun is setting, and the 

 yellow fly, or dun cut, coming on the water. See, 

 beneath that alder, is a trout rising ; and now there is 

 another thirty yards higher up. Take care, get your 

 line out in another part of the water, and in order for 

 reaching the fish, and do not throw till you are sure 

 you can reach the spot, and throw at least half a yard 

 above the spot. 



Orn. He rose, I suppose, at a natural fly, the moment 

 my fly touched the water. 



Hal. Try again. You have hooked him ; and you 

 have done well not to strike when he rose. Now hold 

 him tight, wind up your line, and carry him down the 

 stream. Push the boat down stream, fisherman. Keep 

 your fish's head up. He begins to tire, and there, he is 

 landed. A fine well-fed fish, not much less than four 

 pounds. Throw him into the well. Now, Poietes, try 

 that fish rising above, and there are two more. 



Poiet. I have him ! 



Hal Take care. He has turned you, and you have 

 suffered him to run out your line, and he is gone into 

 the weeds under the willow : let him fall down stream. 



Poiet. I cannot get him out 



Hal. Then wind up. I fear he is lost ; yet we will 



