GENERAL DESCRIPTION 



he drops his line in the clear cold spring-holes where 

 the assembled trout wave their fins contentedly, or 

 casts his lure over the mud bottoms and weedy flats. 



With these few hints, I leave the unsophisticated 

 reader to his reflections, and the wiseacres to kindly 

 criticism. It is never well to crowd a stream; for 

 crossed lines never cement good-fellowship. 



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