256 WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISHING 



comprehend the possibilities that the particular 

 opportunity offers, and then set to work in such a 

 manner as is likely to bring the greatest reward for 

 our careful handling of what should be profitable 

 moments. 



I will now tell you in precise terms how I fish 

 the Pulpit Pool. It does not follow that, because 

 it is easy to fish, the easiest way is therefore the 

 best. 



I never could submit to fish from the raised 

 platform on which my gillie stands, as, although the 

 fish cannot see you while they are at the bottom, 

 they have plenty of opportunity of so doing when 

 up and following your bait, and this may lead to 

 a refusal at the last moment. 



In the rock which forms the floor of the pulpit 

 there was a little hole or crevice into which, some 

 hundreds of years ago, there came a stone or 

 stones, with the result that the twirling during high 

 water has worked a round hole of just sufficient 

 size to hold and hide me to just above the waist. 

 I slide down into this, and am then conveniently 

 and comfortably positioned to do something more 

 than merely pay down one side and back the 

 other. 



While I am in this position, the water is rushing 

 down on my extreme right, and eddying back on 

 my left to enter the tunnel underneath the place 

 where I am ensconced. When you are here your 

 first and most careful attention should be given to 



