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as described will surely fall to the rod if the 

 angler is careful, and his taking will afford some 

 of the most pleasurable moments spent upon the 

 stream. 



When the angler decides to abandon the lower 

 end of the pool, it is much wiser for him to use 

 a longer line to reach the upper water than it 

 is to advance up-stream, because by wading up 

 he may frighten a fish lying in the part of the 

 pool already covered and thus warn off the 

 ones above. The entire pool should be care- 

 fully scanned for indications of feeding fish 

 before any attempt is made to cast over the 

 upper part of it. The eddies on either side of 

 the main current at the head of the pool should 

 be given particular attention. Should a large 

 fish inhabit the pool the eddy will be his 

 dining-room. He will occupy it, however, only 

 at certain intervals, and, if the angler should 

 be fortunate enough to arrive at a time when 

 he is seeking food, it ought to yield a fine 

 trout. Rarely meeting competition because of 

 their size, the fish in these eddies are very de- 

 liberate in their feeding securing such insects 

 as may be on the surface with but little effort. 

 For this reason many opportunities are missed 

 by the unobservant angler who fails to notice 



