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of utilizing, and making capital out of, 

 every moment of the golden hour of ' the 

 rise ? ' Nothing marks the duffer so much 

 as waste of time during this brief but 

 valuable hour. Again, there is the timid 

 angler, who plays every good trout as if 

 he was a salmon. 



" It does not matter how good a line a 

 man throws (many men who can throw a 

 good-enough line are extremely poor fly- 

 fishermen), such anglers will always be 

 found wanting at the close of the day. 

 Another man 'collars' his trout when 

 they are rising freely. 



" He does not mind if he loses a few, for 

 others are soon hooked, and he who plays 

 a bold game, fills his creel the fastest. Of 

 course, I do not skull-drag a fish ; for, to 

 begin with, I use very fine-drawn gut; 

 but once a trout has had his first rush or 

 so, I endeavour to ' collar ' him as soon as 

 possible, and I lose very few trout in the 

 process. So much for the value of time 

 as a factor of importance, in filling the 

 creel. And now to see how my system 

 economizes time. 



" Suppose I have waded into deep water, 

 and have hooked a pound trout, I ' work ' 

 him till he is within a yard or so above me, 



