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I fully agree with Mr. Southard, and I, too, should 

 have worded my comment differently, though I 

 didn't declare, fortunately, that most of my trout 

 were taken the instant the fly touched the water. 

 I used the word "many" in both instances where I 

 spoke of the trout taking the fly. I think I should 

 have considered more deeply Mr. Southard's line 

 ''once in thirty casts"; then we'd have understood 

 each other. However, no crime has been committed; 

 far from it, for look you, reader, what you have 

 gained all this delightful extra practical reading ; and 

 remember ye, "one of the charms of angling, " as Pritt 

 says, "is that it presents an endless field for argu- 

 ment, speculation, and experiment." 



