16 DAYS STOLEN FOR SPORT 



and there unloaded. Then we thought we should 

 like to peep through the branches of some boughs 

 that overhung a pool to see if fish were really there. 

 We went on tiptoe, quite stealthily, and we saw a 

 dozen or more, some of which were far too small to 

 catch and keep, but there were at least six that 

 would make really good prizes. The stream was 

 very low, so we retreated as cautiously as we could 

 and then got ready for the fray. 



" When the stream be low and bright, 

 Be zure you put on the Blue Upright." 



" When rain has vallen and water's high 

 The March Brown then be zure to try." 



" Don't be killing little uns when nobody's by 

 Or big uns '11 be scarce before you die." 



PAVEY. 



The little rod, the finest line and a brown hair 

 cast, was finished off with a Blue Upright, and I 

 walked round and down so as to fish upstream. I 

 was soon rewarded by a rise, a tussle and a trout, 

 which, after being weighed in the hand, was declared 

 not big enough according to Pavey's teaching ; so 

 back it had to go, but, before it went, I had to show 

 it to a little lady in a holland frock who expressed a 

 hope that the next one would be a little bigger ; and 

 so it happened ; indeed, it was a little monster of 

 quite seven ounces. Together we emptied the creel 

 of all its sundries and gathered grass to make a bed 

 in it for our prize. Then the lid was closed upon it 

 and I was off to try for its companion. In quick 

 succession I landed half-a-dozen which proclaimed 

 themselves too small at the first glance I had of 

 them. 



