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in a deer forest, and are even looked upon as 

 a nuisance when they are running and take a 

 salmon fly freely, whilst the angler is expecting 

 salmon. If one lived always upon a large river, 

 and could fish all through the season, it would 

 be better in the latter half of July and beginning 

 of August to take only a small rod and fish 

 especially for sea trout, but at this time of 

 year the salmon .and grilse are showing freely 

 in the streams and pools where they lie, and the 

 angler, who may only have a very limited amount 

 of salmon fishing in the year, generally takes the 

 chance of getting some of the salmon which he 

 sees, and disregards the sea trout. It is difficult 

 to fish contentedly for smaller fish and not to 

 try for the bigger, when the latter are constantly 

 showing themselves, and the result is that one 

 sometimes wastes the opportunity of first-rate 

 sport with sea trout in order to have a very 

 indifferent day's salmon fishing. I remember 

 one week m July, when sea trout were running 

 on a first-rate salmon river in Scotland. They 

 rested in numbers in a very long stream and 

 pool where they could easily be reached by 

 wading, but salmon and grilse were there too, 



