Waiting Long for a Rise 



had seen a rise, how long would he be 

 compelled to wait before making his 

 first cast? Perhaps not more than a 

 minute, because rises sometimes occur. 

 But, as a rule, the delay would be long 

 and tedious. If a purist had stationed 

 himself below the little pool described 

 in the last chapter to wait for a rise 

 at that spot, he would have had to 

 depend upon this bit of water alone for 

 the rise, for the pool was so situated 

 that there was no other part of the 

 stream within the vision of the waiting 

 angler where there would be any like- 

 lihood of his seeing a rising fish. If 

 the English purist had to depend en- 

 tirely upon such water for his sport, 

 would he not adopt our American 

 method of fishing the stream rather 

 than waiting for the rising fish? I am 

 inclined to think so. 



It also seems to the author that the 



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