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force of the Doctor's arguments and held his 

 peace. In the meantime both anglers had suc- 

 ceeded in killing some half-dozen bass, the larg- 

 est ones falling to the rod of the bait fisher, as 

 is usually the case. The sun was now climbing 

 toward the zenith, and the Doctor's flies seemed 

 to have lost their attractiveness for the wary bass, 

 while the Shiner, seeking deeper water, was still 

 successful in his efforts. The day, however, was 

 becoming uncomfortably warm. 



" You will admit, Doctor, that you must cast 

 your flies early in the day or late in the afternoon 

 to insure much success, while I can fish during 

 the middle of the day in deeper water and still 

 have a measure of reward, which I consider quite 

 an advantage of bait over fly." 



"Granted. Fish rise to the fly only in com- 

 paratively shallow water, and are found in such 

 situations in bright weather only early and late 

 in the day. But I prefer to fish at just those 

 times. I do not care to fish during the middle 

 portion of the day in summer." And the Doctor 

 proceeded to reel in his final cast. 



Just then his friend hooked the largest fish of 

 the morning's outing. It was an unusually gamy 

 bass, and leaped several times in rapid succession 



