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directly the bait touches the water at the fall edge. 

 A good plan is to skip the bait up the fall all 

 along the edge of the weir, dodging the bait up 

 and down. Watch the bleak, and imitate their 

 actions as nearly as possible ; above all things, do 

 not be discouraged by blank days, for your first 

 big trout will prove so fascinating that you will 

 find it hard to stop admiring him and to try for 

 another. I suppose every angler longs to catch a 

 Thames trout ; I can say, at any rate, that the 

 hints given in this chapter embody the results of 

 very long experience. 



