DAYS ON THE NEPIGON. 



meditation and prayer, will ponder long be- 

 fore venturing on another foraging expedition. 



"Blessings brighten as they take their 

 flight," and from the speed displayed, these 

 trout are well lubricated and highly polished. 

 But don't let that keep you awake o'night. 

 That runaway fish will do for a reminiscence, 

 a cheery memory that may brighten a dull 

 day when they forget to rise. But, alas and 

 alack, or glory be ! they are undoubtedly the 

 greatest monsters that ever escaped the 

 meshes of the landing-net. That's the weight 

 of every breakaway, and it increases with the 

 lapse of time. Charles Dudley Warner says, 

 "Fish always lose by being got in and 

 weighed. It's best to weigh them in the 

 water. The only really large one I ever 

 caught got away with my hook when I first 

 struck him. He weighed ten pounds." 



Every angler should be able to tie his own 

 flies and make his leaders, though he is not 

 assured of greater returns on that account, 

 possibly fewer. There may be an unpleasant 

 day when you don't care to fish; then a few 

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