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caused them to say, " It's no' a kelt." Up and 

 down the deep long pool it ran, sometimes with 

 a rush that made the gillies, as they confessed 

 afterwards, fear that my rod would snap or my 

 thread-like line part ; but no, I was in the middle of 

 the stream, with plenty of water, and there was 

 nothing but patience needed for the 2O-pounder. 

 During that day I got two other nice fish and quite 

 a number of kelts. 



When it was again my turn at Dunkeld the 

 river was, to all men's minds, in beautiful ply, and 

 we harled all day with minnow and fly over 

 numbers of fish that showed themselves, but only 

 kelts resulted. 



So now we are as we were. When is a pool in 

 ply ? Many will answer, " When such or such a 

 stone, or rock, or marked place is covered." They 

 are, generally speaking, quite correct, and so must 

 we leave the question. 



The pool above the Falls is quite easily fished, 

 and a look at its formation will prompt the method 

 that should be pursued. I will only tell you to be 

 on your guard against the efforts of a hooked fish 

 to get back over the Falls. 



ELM TREE POOL. 



The head of this pool was one of the spots I 

 had in mind when I wrote that there were places 

 where " a salmon has to be killed or lost under the 



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