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threw into the same pool, where there seemed 

 another waiting for his breakfast, which he 

 found speedily, for I hooked him on the first 

 bounce, and captured him with little trouble 

 another nine-pounder. Then I fished until 

 ten o'clock, when there were six in the boat, 

 and two others somewhere about sulking 

 with sore mouths, which I lost. Just before 

 leaving for camp, Sol took the rod, remarking, 

 " I would not be surprised to find one in 

 that little eddy, close to the eastern shore." 

 With that remark he made a cast, and was 

 startled by such a mad rush that he only 

 pricked him. The river seemed to be, or 

 that part of it, literally full of fish that 

 morning. All our catch was taken with the 

 homely fly I put on two days before. Sol, 

 the day before, had made one much like 

 mine, and with it that morning S. hooked 

 four, saving three of them, so that when we 

 were both on the shore, with nine salmon 

 lying on the moss, it was a sight to gladden 

 the hearts of the heartless. 



Many sportsmen claim that if a salmon 

 is after flies, he will take any one you give 

 him ; but they can't make me believe that. If 



