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had by fly-fishing. A man told me on an occasion- 

 long ago that he had caught a four-pounder with a 

 chub fly in a weir pool of the Warwickshire Avon. 

 Without vouching for the accuracy of his statement, 

 I will go so far as to say that such a thing is not 

 incredible. Besides perch the gaudy fly will attract 

 pike. One can scarcely fish a salmon fly in some 

 waters without getting runs from pike, but they 

 are mostly small ones. Instances of large pike 

 being killed on the fly are rare, probably because 

 the lure is seldom tried for them ; there are records 

 of such an event, however, and a fish of no less 

 than 3olb. was so caught in Ireland a few years 

 ago. 



