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grown pools of our mountain streams, is a pretty hard 

 proposition. You do not have to worry about giving 

 him a show he takes it, and sometimes the leader 

 and the flies. 



And then there is the fishing in strong rapids, a 

 component part of every day's fishing on any sizable 

 stream. Here you have not only your fish to fight but 

 the impetuous, erratic strength of the current. That 

 the trout will take every advantage afforded by such 

 conditions is a foregone conclusion. Unless your tackle 

 is suited to hard work, and, as far as possible, of such 

 nature as to give reasonable control over the trout, the 

 result of the engagement is also a foregone conclusion, 

 or, at best, a matter of more time than should be the 

 case. It is not a matter of rod weight alone. Length, 

 inasmuch as it is this which determines in great meas- 

 ure the amount of control which you have over a 

 hooked fish, is also a deciding factor and a decided ad- 

 vantage. 



The little rods easily lengthen out a line quite suffi- 

 cient for ordinary trout waters under favorable cir- 

 cumstances. We hear much about the most favorable 

 times and conditions for fishing. How many of us 

 wait for these exact and infallible conditions to ma- 

 terialize? We go fishing when we can, and if the 

 weather, water and the like are not precisely such as 

 the authorities state as requisite, we quite often catch 

 a few trout, and, anyway, we have a good time. Any- 

 one who has cast all day against a strong, steady wind, 



