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present the fisherman cannot do better 

 than pack up his rods. Colonel Deane 

 confirms the futility of fishing for mahseer 

 in snow-broth. On the other hand, here 

 is an experience of Colonel Stead, which 

 seems to indicate sport with that fish when 

 snow was in the river. It was during 

 the Afghan War, about Christmas time, 

 and he was fishing in the river at Kuram, 

 which may be given as approximately 

 6000 feet above sea-level. 



" I was," the account runs, " fishing in 

 the river at Kuram. The country was 

 all under snow, and the weather bitterly 

 cold, but I got 58 Ibs. weight of mahseer 

 in about two hours' fishing. None of 

 them were large the best, indeed, no 

 more than 17 Ibs., but it was capital 

 sport. I remember wading in the river, 

 and it felt like ice." 



