SECOND DAY.] EVENING FISHING. 45 



rises continuously, or at small intervals, in a still 

 water almost always in the same place, and makes 

 little noise, barely elevating his mouth to suck in 

 the fly, and sometimes showing his back-fin and tail. 

 A large circle spreads around him, but there are 

 seldom any bubbles when he breaks the water, which 

 usually indicate the coarser fish. We will wait a few 

 minutes ; I know there must be trout here, and the 

 sun is setting, and the yellow fly, or dun cut, coming 

 on the water. See, beneath that alder is a trout 

 rising, and now there is another thirty yards higher 

 up. Take care, get your line out in another part of 

 the water, and in order, for reaching the fish, and do 

 not throw till you are sure you can reach the spot, 

 and throw at least half-a-yard above the fish. 



ORN. He rose, I suppose, at a natural fly, the 

 moment before my fly touched the water. 



HAL. Try again. You have hooked him, and 

 you have done well not to strike when he rose. Now 

 hold him tight, wind up your line, and carry him 

 down the stream. Push the boat down stream, 

 fisherman. Keep your fish's head up. He begins 

 to tire, and there, is landed. A fine well-fed fish, 

 not much less than 4 Ibs. Throw him into the well. 

 Now, Poietes, try that fish rising above, and there 

 are two more. 



POIET. I have him ! 



