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broken water, I hooked a nice grilse. " Ye have him 

 this time," shouted Archie from the bank. I got to 

 the shore beside the keeper and Hope, who was in 

 great glee at his first sight of a tussle ; but a few 

 minutes finished the business, for, although a lively 

 grilse, it was small, and it was easy work to keep 

 him in the pool and tire him. Archie gaffed him 

 neatly. 



" That was a grand fish that rose first," Archie 

 remarked, " and we maun gie him anither trial in the 

 afternoon." 



"Very well, Archie; but I hardly think there is 

 much chance to-day ; he did not seem keen, and rose 

 too sleepily." 



" May be, sir ; but he must get anither trial, and if 

 he doesn't take this day, he will next. A fish of that 

 size is likely to keep the big pool for a day or twa." 



Leading on to the next good pool there is a long 

 stretch of broken water, with some likely casts. On 

 this part I got another grilse and some sea trout ; but 

 as most of this ground is too rough and shallow for 

 lying fish, we passed on quickly to what Archie called 

 the " Fern Hole." 



This is one of those perfect pools often seen on 

 the smaller Highland rivers. The water broken with 



