ik \Vhat-nowt" 



" Not now, sir. We might get another before 

 we reach that one." 



k What fly shall I use! 



" Try that Silver Gray I made. The one with 

 the wood-duck wing about 3/0. That is large 

 enough, and if they won't take that there *s no 

 use fishing." 



" Well, here goes your fly, James, and may suc- 

 cess reward your skill." 



Repeatedly it is cast forth and drawn across the 

 current in all kinds of ways, without causing 

 the slightest longing in those game uncertainties 

 below. 



" What is the trouble, James ? I made a good 

 cast over that salmon." 



" Perhaps you don't wiggle my flies just right 

 this season." 



" Do you think you could do better t * 



" Well, I might try, sir." 



" Take the rod, then, and see what you can bring 

 forth." 



" That is a good hook," remarks James, as he 

 carefully brushes back the feathers; "a salmon 

 ought to take that"; and away it goes, darting 

 quickly through the breeze. 



" I thought you did n't wiggle it right ! " ex- 

 claimed James, as he drove the hook home in a big 

 salmon which leisurely rolled up. 



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