AND HOW I HAVE CAUGHT MY FISH 253 



Having obtained from the photo an outline of 

 the pool, look again to see my gillie standing to 

 show you where he and others stand to fish. It is 

 not over easy to find Mac in the photo which 

 I have before me, and, perhaps, it will be more 

 difficult to do so in the reproduction ; but try, 

 please, for he is there, in the pulpit, whence this 

 pool is so aptly named, and whence it can most 

 easily be fished. So easy, indeed, is its fishing from 

 here, and so secure the position, that it is to this 

 spot that the gouty man's chair could be brought, 

 for, verily, he shall as easily fish here as in the tub 

 in his room. 



You can sit and pay your bait down the rushing 

 off-side and bring it back between the eddy and the 

 stream, then down and back, searching a little more 

 of the eddy ; and yet again, exploring close to the 

 rock on the near side. 



From the high overhanging rocks on the left of 

 the fisherman, your gillie, or yourself, if another is 

 working the rod, may, at times, learn much of the 

 movements of salmon when they are under the 

 influence of temptation. 



In February this spot may be said to be full of 

 waiting fish, and they must all see your bait, 

 excepting those that are deep in the tunnel, and, 

 should they demonstrate by movements, as I have 

 seen them do, the various effects produced on them 

 by a spinning lure or a Jock Scott, you have the 

 valuable opportunity of peeping straight down 



