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casting lines and larger flies give a bet- 

 ter chance of bringing trout to net, 

 though, on the other hand, we use lighter 

 rods which are incapable of putting a 

 very severe strain on a fish. While it is 

 useful to be able to command a long cast, 

 few trout are raised and effectively 

 struck with a longer line than fifty or 

 sixty feet from the reel. 



Late in the afternoon, when the 

 shadow of the high western bank was 

 falling across the pool, we returned to it 

 to find the fish still there and in the same 

 humour. What " record" might have 

 been made I cannot say, but when all the 

 trout had been secured that nine men 

 and a dog could dispose of, the time had 

 come to stop. A little more than two 

 hours of fishing gave us twenty trout 

 that weighed seventy-two and a quarter 

 pounds. The second best fish turned 

 the scale at seven and a half pounds, 

 while a brace weighing two and three- 



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