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CHAPTER VI. 



THE FALLS POOL WHEN ARE POOLS IN PLY ELM TREE POOL 

 MY GILLIE MACLEISH. 



THE FALLS POOL. 



THIS pool, as I have said, will be sure to have fish 

 in it, as it is here that they congregate before 

 negotiating the falls, which, natives say, they start 

 to do with the beginning of February. I always try 

 this pool from the shelter of its rocky side with one 

 or two baits before I venture to show myself on 

 the flat rock which stands high in mid-stream. To 

 place yourself in such full view of the fish is so 

 against the teachings of experience that it is 

 impossible to be insensible to your seemingly 

 ridiculous position ; yet, strange to tell, it is from 

 this standing-place that you will be most successful. 

 It must be that the fish are harbouring behind 

 shelving rocks which prevent their seeing you at 

 this particular spot. When you hook a fish do not 

 move, for you have more control over him here 

 than from any other position, and you will need it. 

 You must be rough, and continue rough to the end, 

 as he must not be permitted to grope about the 

 bottom or go down out of the pool. Know the 



