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however zealously keepers may have plied the 

 wire and set trimmers during the summer, it 

 may be predicted that some pike will have 

 made their unwelcome presence seen ; the 

 water should therefore be again netted in the 

 autumn, and to net effectually the weeds must 

 be cut closely. 



The details of the spring weed cutting and of 

 the trimming during the trout season require 

 thought and judgment, and they are operations 

 in the design and execution of which due 

 consideration must be given to a variety of 

 circumstances. Whoever is responsible for the 

 management of the fishery should have studied 

 the question as a whole, and have applied his 

 knowledge to the particular stretch of water 

 with which he is dealing. The anglers' sport 

 during the season will, in a measure, depend on 

 the degree of intelligence with which the original 

 scheme has been devised, and the care with 

 which it has been carried out. If the sport is 

 good, the appreciation of his brother fishermen 

 will be the reward of the manager ; and if bad, 

 their criticism, possibly more candid than 

 palatable, will be his punishment. In the autumn 

 cutting, however, the case is quite different. 

 No careful arrangement of side and bar on the 

 shallows nor siding of the deeps will be required. 

 All that has to be done is to cut the weeds close 



