VII 

 ON THE ITCHEN, IN MAY 



AN undefinable charm of peace moves upon 

 the face of running waters. For most 

 natures there is always something soothing in 

 their flow; for some there is added a keen 

 interest in the living creatures beneath. The 

 wet-fly fisher must use his qualities of imagina- 

 tion and deduction about the whereabouts of 

 fish, their moods, their fancies, and what is 

 likely to attract them ; it may be where 

 salmon are concerned to annoy them. The 

 dry-fly man depends more upon his eyesight 

 for all this information. 



In sport, as in warfare, much of the art of 

 success lies in trying to project your mind 

 into your opponent's brain, to look at your 

 problem from his point of view, to study his 

 nature so as actually to be him for the time, as 

 far as in you lies, in order the better to under- 

 stand his outlook upon the problem of the 

 moment. To do this you must imagine your- 



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