AN AWKWARD CATCH. 33 



Instead of confining myself to the bank, I 

 waded for the most part up the shallow 

 streams, and before Chris, arrived I had two 

 more fine grayling in my basket all victims 

 to the seductiveness of the Red Tag on 

 " Yates's Fancy." 



On we went, buoyant with hope ; but I 

 fished for an hour without another rise. 

 Luck seemed to desert me when Chris, came 

 on the scene ; he was too eager, and kept 

 too close behind me. Once I made a beau- 

 tiful cast intended to captivate a rising fish ; 

 luckily it was but a gentle throw, for it 

 hooked poor Chris, by the chin, and gave 

 him a slight scratch only. Had it been one 

 of my long and vigorous casts, " Yates's 

 Fancy " would certainly have been imbedded 

 in his flesh, and I should have been com- 

 pelled to perform a severe and doubtless 

 clumsy surgical operation ; this incident was 

 a lesson for both of us. 



Shortly afterwards I had another rise, and 

 hooked my fish ; this time it was a trout that 

 had a fancy for my green-bodied insect, and 

 we got him ashore nicely. Again I fished 

 for half an hour, and was rewarded with 

 another grayling, and so my fishing ended. 



