176 TROUT FISHING 



fastened at the end of a long line, but after quite a 

 respectable fight, considering the sixteen-foot rod 

 and salmon gut, I pulled in a big brown trout of at 

 least four pounds. Fortunately it was in October 

 he was lightly hooked and kicked himself off, 

 so the experience cannot have done him any harm. 

 Had I got him out I should have been tempted to 

 weigh him, and that might not have improved his 

 health so near the spawning time. 



