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sible for it, and yet the satisfaction is in no measure 

 diminished. In good humour we are doing well 

 on this inauspicious day we pass on to the next 

 resting-place, a long broad flat, such as we would 

 expect to find twenty miles lower down the river, 

 very deep at the sides and everywhere too deep to 

 wade, an unpopular stretch with most anglers, but 

 a great favourite of ours when a strong upstream 

 breeze blows. 



The current is slow, gentle, and uniform, nowhere 

 is there any serious likelihood of drag, and therefore 

 we attach two flies to the cast, both of the same 

 pattern, viz., the small Pale Olive, which is still on 

 the water. A break here and there, an eddy slowly 

 fading away downstream, shows that they are as 

 readily welcomed as ever. 



We choose the right bank, high and grassy, because 

 it is more favoured by the best trout than the other. 

 At one time we used to pass by without a cast, but 

 we discovered that it is possible to work slowly 

 along the base of the bank, an occasional grasp of 

 the overhanging grass being required to help us to 

 pass a difficult part. The basket is an encumbrance 

 that must be left at the tail of the pool, the landing 

 net is another, but as it would be impossible to land 

 a trout without it, it has to accompany us on the 

 journey. Only underhand casting can be indulged 

 in ; accuracy in direction is thus rather difficult to 

 obtain, but quite frequently the dropper-fly rectifies 

 a mistake. 



Dry-fly fishing is at times not without its dis- 

 comforts, but these are readily forgotten in the 

 excitement of the sport. In the circumstances it 

 is impossible to confine ourselves to rising trout ; 



Q 



