126 WADING. 



the tide was full up. This was in our small 

 world a record-breaking feat. Had we been 

 reminded of the tide before starting, we both 

 agreed we should not have gone. Others said 

 they did not go for that reason. 



We tried it the next evening : but no : 

 not four by honours two deals running. We 

 were dealt a few trumps, but nothing to count 

 beyond the pleasure of theorising explanations. 



Orthodoxy in fly fishing is a hideous mistake. 

 It stifles initiative and cramps experiment : two 

 of the finest and most pleasurable attributes of 

 angling. Was it Brougham who said of 

 Macaulay ' If I could feel as sure of anything, 

 as he is of everything, I should be satisfied ' ? 



