112 In Pursuit of the Trout 



which had been seen several times in this 

 place in July — though he had not stirred 

 all day, so far as the bait was concerned, 

 might come on the feed between eight and 

 nine o'clock. The Thames trout fisherman 

 —who often goes a whole season without 

 taking a sizable fish — like love, believeth and 

 hopeth all things. 



