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upon whom we had set our hearts, was proof against 

 temptation. 



I have caught as large, perhaps larger, trout since, but 

 never in such a location. And to this day, and as long as 

 I live and cast a fly, the loss of that fish will be a sore, 

 spot in my memory. Even now while I write, for the 

 thousandth time the scene in every detail is present be- 

 fore me, and I wonder could I have played him his half 

 hour in the water above, or would he, despite my every 

 effort, have shot through the sluice into the pool below 

 the dam, and what could I then have done to save him ? 



I have asked I will ask this question whenever mem- 

 ory recalls the picture, but its solution, alas! I shall never 

 know. 



