AND HOW I HAVE CAUGHT MY FISH 217 



casts straight in front, allowing your bait to trundle 

 in under your feet, where there is a depth of at 

 least twenty feet of water. Cast down and across, 

 searching every inch more than once for so far as 

 you can reach, making the most of the stream by 

 manipulating the top -of your rod. 



The next best cast is in the tail, almost down to 

 where the water breaks. When the pool is in ply 

 the fish are in the centre of the stream, but if a 

 spate is running they are behind the large stones 

 near the bank. It was from behind one of these 

 that I got my thirty-one pounder and many another 

 fish. 



It will be best when you have finished here, if 

 you have no intention of giving the Lime Kiln 

 another trial a new-comer may be there to take 

 the road and walk straight to " Garth." 



What more I wrote on that wet day I have put 

 aside that I may tell you now that the soft winds 

 and heavy rains were followed by a flooded river on 

 the Monday, which put success out of the question ; 

 so I will on to Tuesday, which proved a red-letter 

 day, as you shall hear. 



The news of my Saturday's fish (three, 20, 24, 

 29 Ibs.) had been wired to The Scotsman, and fishers 

 had seen that the spring salmon were up ; and up 

 they came, too, from Edinburgh, Glasgow, and New- 

 castle. Old friends met, lots were drawn for beats, 

 and all started with circumstances favourable and 

 with great expectations. The Garth water fell to 



