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of a rise on which to lay the fly. Often we have 

 failed to raise a trout, but sometimes we have 

 succeeded, and we remember clearly the frantic 

 rushing to and fro in the confined space, the repeated 

 efforts to reach the recesses below the bank and, 

 lastly, the culminating triumph. Seldom, if ever, 

 have we scored more than one success, as the com- 

 motion caused by the captive effectually brings 

 the rise to an end. 



Beyond Wintercleuch the character of the stream 

 completely changes, becoming rough and rapid, 

 and more adapted to fishing with the creeper and 

 worm, the dry-fly, though exceedingly deadly, 

 being rather difficult to manipulate among the 

 moss-covered stones that in all directions pierce the 

 - surf ace. Great takes of trout are sometimes taken 

 in these high reaches with the worm when the 

 floods are out, but we infinitely prefer the slowly 

 moving pools and the gentle streams of the lower 

 parts, where the fish are wary and well-fed, and 

 where we can place the floating fly over the dimpling 

 rise or into some difficult corner. 



