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strength of your tackle and use it as much as you 

 dare, for the shorter the struggle the greater your 

 chances of getting him to the gaff. 



It is a pretty sight to see them leaping at the 

 barrier, failing and falling back, then leaping again 

 and succeeding. Their pleasure over their success 

 is shown by a little skimming leap in the tail of the 

 pool above, to which we will follow them. 



POOL ABOVE THE FALLS. 



The fish may have, from time to time, during 

 their long or short stay in the pools below, seen 

 many and various baits that sorely tempted them ; 

 baits that they have risen to, followed and altered 

 their mind about, so many times that they had 

 become indifferent to every allurement. Yet, 

 having got over the Falls, they become as frisky 

 and as easy to deceive as a fish fresh from the sea. 

 So try you here, whenever the pool is in ply at the 

 time of your passing. 



When is a pool in ply ? 



This is a difficult question to answer off-hand, 

 as I have more than once discovered. Mr 

 Johnson, of Earl's Court Square, Kensington, for 

 instance, who casts his bait far and almost as lightly 

 as a fly, can fish a pool with chances of success that 

 a less clever angler would not have ; so, it may be 

 in ply for one man and out of ply for another. 



The river Tay was so low one day that the 



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