MARCH 49 



ample channel. It was not discoloured. 

 Perhaps it had been slightly muddy, 

 tinged by the first gush from the roads, 

 soon after the beginning of the storm ; 

 but now it was clear, tinted only by the 

 essence of the heather. 



A favourite pool looked promising. It 

 always looks so. Whether the water be 

 low or high, the pool is invariably fishable. 

 That is because of the admirable gradient 

 of the gravel bank on which the river 

 rises and falls. When the water is at its 

 lowest the end fly alights upon a depth of 

 about four feet ; when it is high you have 

 a similar depth to cast upon. The river 

 as it rises pushes you back ; but it deepens 

 also. The trout follow the expansion of 

 the water. To-day, it may be, you will 

 raise fish above a place where yesterday 

 you walked dry-shod. They come in to 

 be sheltered from the full force of the 

 stream, or to explore regions from which 

 they are excluded when the water is low. 



That is not the way of the salmon. If 

 one be not deceived by noticing where 



