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sensitive to shadow. I have had many fish from 

 this spot from both sides, but never one from the 

 right, or west, side after two o'clock, or from the 

 other side before two. Having fished these fish, 

 and caught or lost or put them down, let us move 

 over to the next piece of water. It is slow, and 

 has little weed. If it had been a day with a ruffle 

 of wind, or had the drowners turned a good current 

 through, we would have fished it up yard by yard ; 

 but to-day it is no good. But here, a bit farther on, 

 a brisk stream runs through a little hatch, and for a 

 hundred and fifty yards or so makes a most merry 

 little length. Keep low in the long grass, fish it 

 foot by foot, and, so far as you can, turn down all 

 the fish you scare. If you send one up, sit down 

 and wait. It will not be long ere the others recover 

 their equanimity. On a good day you should get 

 your two brace from this length, either with 

 No. I Red Sedge, No. i Red Quill, No. o Pink 

 Wickham or No. o Tup's Indispensable wet, or 

 No. o Wickham's Fancy. Now let us wind up 

 along another brisk little piece of water, perhaps 

 fifteen feet wide, which races in a series of runs, 

 and stretches right across the meadows. It is known 

 as the Highland Burn, and it is full of sporting 

 fish, and you must take the chance of hooking 

 a half-pounder along with your chance of a fish 

 nearer two pounds. And do not neglect the 

 ditch which runs in at right angles halfway 

 up. I have seen a past-master take no less 



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