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WHAT WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH AT THE CLUB 



Doggerel from the Club Journal. 

 This is mine: 



LITTLE BROWN WINK 



I. 



Oh, thrilling the rise at the lure that is dry, 

 When the slow trout comes up to the slaughter, 



Yet rather would I 



Have the turn at my fly, 

 The cunning brown wink under water. 



The cute little wink under water ! 

 Mysterious wink under water ! 



Delightful to ply 



The subaqueous fly, 

 And watch for the wink under water. 



II. 



Let the Purist rejoice in the fly that he dries, 

 And look down on my practice with hauteur, 



But for me the surprise 



Of the flash of the rise, 

 The rosy -brown wink under water. 



The dear little wink under water, 

 The yellow-brown wink under water, 



The subtle delight 



Of the line that goes tight, 

 At the shy little wink under water. 



III. 



Oh, give me the day when the fresh from the wold 

 Comes down with rich colour of porter, 



And tinges with gold 



That is flashing and bold 

 That yellow-green wink under water. 



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