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down stream and quickly broke me ; a very 

 proper warning against the use of inadequate 

 tackle. 



The next evening I began operations by 

 driving up to the top of the fishing. This is 

 at Sande Fos, about two miles above Alvaer. 

 A few fish surmount Sande Fos late in the 

 year, and there are parr above, showing that 

 fish spawn there, but from an angling point 

 of view the water is not worth considering. 

 The river between Sande Fos and Alvaer 

 contains six good pools and a long stretch, 

 more suitable for hading than for casting the 

 fly. It is, unfortunately, not of much use to 

 us, as few fish are to be found there till 

 August, and we generally leave at the end 

 of July. The top pool under the Fos is, I 

 believe, often crowded with fish late in the 

 season. On this occasion I rose a fish in the 

 second pool, a fine piece of water below a 

 long rapid, but he did not take hold. I did 

 not waste much time on the lower pools, 

 though I saw one or two fish jump, as I was 

 anxious to try for our friends of the previous 

 day in Alvaer Fos. 



Arrived at the pool we crawl to the edge 



