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anglers, high and low, rich and poor, are free to do 

 the same, than in a river fished only by a favoured 

 few. All beginners in the art, if they wish to excel, 

 should commence in streams where the trout are 

 remarkably shy, and they will the sooner become 

 skilful. If they commence in highland streams, where 

 the trout are half-starved, and where it requires 

 little exercise of skill to capture them, they will 

 get into a careless style of fishing, which they may 

 find it difficult to alter. We have known anglers 

 from the north, who considered themselves, and 

 were considered, good fishers, and who in their own 

 streams could kill seven or eight dozen trout in a 

 day, unable to secure half-a-dozen small fish in our 

 southern streams. The angler who can kill trout in 

 streams such as Tweed, Gala, or Almond, which are 

 fished by dozens every day, may rest assured that 

 he is quite able to kill them wherever they are to 

 be found. 



