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equipment, so that you may first try with the 

 less-disturbing method of tempting them. 



One of your chances is at the top where the 

 water enters from the spout-like neck, to fish which 

 you should descend the slanting rock until you are 

 almost level with the water, where you will find 

 fair footing, for then a rising fish is less likely to 

 see you. 



To fish the tail you stand behind the low rock 

 that juts into the water about half-way down. No 

 instructions are needed as to the playing of a fish 

 as he cannot leave the pool, but I would advise 

 that his head be kept as high as may be possible, 

 for the sharp rocks are as sharp as rocks can be. 



SULKING POOL 



is a much longer and broader affair, about two 

 hundred yards farther up. You need waders to 

 reach the fish which are lying behind the large 

 stones in the tail during April and May, but at 

 the head, and in the long, deep neck, you have a 

 splendid chance with either fly or minnow. Notice 

 that, when you are here, you are in a somewhat 

 elevated position and in full view of the fish. 

 Therefore, you must cast from well up stream, 

 against which the fish's vision does not penetrate 

 far. 



It is two years since I fished this pool, and then 



