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work well done as we see the auspicious troubl- 

 ing of the waters, or feel the line tighten 

 and the rod bend ! what despair as we realise 

 that we have passed the fish in vain ! Truly, 

 as Sir Edward Grey writes, " Salmon fishing 

 is the greatest of all sports, that can be had 

 in fresh water." There are some who would 

 omit the latter half of the sentence. 



In fishing from a boat, one is not so com- 

 pletely one's own master ; but on seeing a fish 

 rise to the fly, I instantly take my bearings 

 by well-known landmarks, and tell my boat- 

 man to row up a few yards. If the second 

 essay prove fruitless, it is best to fish down 

 to the end of the pool ; and then to rest it 

 for a few minutes and perhaps try a smaller 



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On many Norwegian rivers the floating logs 

 are a terrible trouble to the angler. It is a 

 common practice to use these waterways as 

 means of transport to the fjords of the enormous 

 quantity of timber which is cut in the interior. 

 The result to fishing is disastrous. The angler 

 fishing from a boat will frequently feel a 

 shock, and be thrown off his balance, as a log 

 strikes the bow. Worse than this, his best 



