164 Angling Travels in Norway. 



the teal, a pretty good all-rouud Hy for Norwegian 

 trout fishing ; but I make no doubt that auy other 

 pattern would have served as well. 



The lad stood amazed at the pace we killed them, 

 and the people of the iuu had never previously seen 

 such execution ; indeed, I should not be surprised if 

 the trout had never seen an artificial fiy before our 

 visit. 



That evening, two rooms at the iuu became vacant, 

 so we shifted our quarters from the dairy, and upon 

 the next day set out to fish the stream which fed the 

 uppermost lake. 



The innkeeper informed us that the higher we should 

 go up stream the larger we should find the trout, so 

 we walked off" in a bee line to strike the river a mile 

 or so up-bank, but as we only landed a few fish of 

 about 4 lb. weight apiece, we faced about and fished 

 to the mouth with no better result. 



Just above where the stream emptied into the lake, 

 a wall of rock rose sheer upon either side to a height 

 of little less than 20 feet; then came a channel about 

 18 yards wide by 50 long, bounded upon both banks 

 by dense thickets of shrubs growing to the height of 

 a man. 



I chanced to see what appeared as a nice quiet rise 

 of a fair-sized trout, and forcing my way through the 





