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only caught half a dozen which were scarcely 

 worth bringing home; and yet I ought to 

 know something of Coquet, and I am per- 

 suaded that you could not have more suitable 

 flies, for I always make my own. 



Oliver. We began at Piper-haugh, and 

 fished down to Weldon Bridge. At first we 

 had only indifferent success till we tried a 

 fly recommended by our landlord, the red- 

 hackle, and afterwards we had no reason 

 to complain. We got the greatest number 

 between Brinkburn and Weldon. At the 

 commencement I was inclined to blame my 

 friend Burrell for our want of success; for 

 the trout is a sly jish, that appears to be 

 instinctively aware of the danger that awaits 

 him when a scientific angler is in company, 

 and carefully keeps, himself out of harm's 

 way. 



Burrell. You practical anglers always 

 claim the privilege of laughing at the novice, 

 until he perceives that your pretended mys- 

 tery is a mere bag of smoke, and becomes 



