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and is indeed the largest trout we have in 

 this part of the stream ; he may be eight 

 pounds or even more. 



Between the points marked by these two 

 fish you shall see some energetic angling 

 done on any Saturday afternoon in full 

 season. 



" Bless me," you may exclaim with Viator, 

 " what salmon-fishing is here ! Are we 

 not in Wales ? " But you will soon become 

 used to it, and after a while you will even 

 enter into the spirit of the game. Let me 

 exemplify. On the opposite bank there is 

 an old willow which leans across the stream 

 farther than the others and forms an eddy. 

 It is a long cast, twenty-two yards at least ; 

 but we use here powerful rods and heavy 

 lines, and it is no great effort to pitch the 

 Silver Doctor into the eddy. It falls with 

 as great a tumult as the keeper's soul could 

 desire, and then works its erratic way back 

 towards our own bank. If you look care- 

 fully, and if the water is clear and the sun 

 shining, you can see a long shadow lying a 

 yard or two below the eddy and rather 

 nearer our bank. That is Spotted Charlie, 

 a favourite of mine. My object is to rouse 



