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for use the next day. The flies which have been used ' 

 should be dried before being put away. The waders 

 should be turned inside out and hung up to dry. The 

 wading-boots and worsted stockings should also be 

 thoroughly dried. Sometimes before looking after 

 these details the fish have to be carefully packed, 

 labelled, and sent away. 



Before leaving, the time is arranged for starting 

 next day. Day after day passes in the same pleasant 

 way until the season is over. 



What a contrast to the gillie who does not under- 

 stand his work ! He goes out in the morning with his 

 flasket filled to the top. When he gets to the riverside 

 he finds he has forgotten the reel, and has to walk or 

 run back a couple of miles to secure it, leaving the 

 angler on the river bank wasting the best hour of the 

 day. The gillie knows that a certain pool is a good 

 one, but does not know the exact spot where the fish 

 rise. He tells the angler to begin at the top and fish 

 to the bottom. Instead of fishing only fifteen yards, he 

 fishes three times that distance, when there is no real 

 chance of hooking a fish. 



When a fish is hooked, this inexperienced gillie tells 

 the angler in a rough sort of way to hold up his rod, or 

 to hold it, as the case may be, down. By the time the 

 fish does come to land, he rushes up and down the side 

 of the river frightening it, and takes double the time 

 he ought to to bring it to the gaff. When a chance of 

 gaffing is offered him, he is sure to miss it. 



