202 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



until about 2.30, when 1 determined to 

 stop, as it seemed useless going on longer, 

 and the pangs of hunger warned me that 

 I had brought no sandwiches with me, 

 and that I had a good 2j mile walk 

 home before me. 



" I was surprised on emptying my bag 

 to find that I had twenty -two, of an 

 average size for the Eden. The river is 

 too large and swift for them ever to run 

 to any size, except a few old ones who 

 live in the pools and ignore all attempts 

 to catch them ; but if you fish with a 

 10-foot rod, and hook a f pounder in the 

 quick -running water or at the top of a 

 stream, he will give you all the sport you 

 could wish for. 



" Although I had been deprived of the 

 angler's chief pleasure in fishing, marking 

 down each fish, stalking him and watching 

 him come up and take the fly as it floats 

 gently over him, I felt that fortune had 

 smiled on me, and that it would be a long 

 time before I should have another such day 

 under equally adverse weather conditions." 



