. Sport . h, through the glamour of So SPORT. a heated imacrlnation, seem as the strun^sfles of amighty fish. That fish, that fly, and perhaps that casting-hneshall that fisherman never see again ? Such doomand such a result may the gods now avert! Myplungings and prancings have brought me to thefoot of my wooden bridge—made very high onpurpose to avoid the perils above described (andfor the same purpose I keep well behind or up-stream of my fish)—which I hurry over with longstrides, and many an anxious glance at my ninety orlOO yards of line waving and tossing through theangry breakers encomp
. Sport . h, through the glamour of So SPORT. a heated imacrlnation, seem as the strun^sfles of amighty fish. That fish, that fly, and perhaps that casting-hneshall that fisherman never see again ? Such doomand such a result may the gods now avert! Myplungings and prancings have brought me to thefoot of my wooden bridge—made very high onpurpose to avoid the perils above described (andfor the same purpose I keep well behind or up-stream of my fish)—which I hurry over with longstrides, and many an anxious glance at my ninety orlOO yards of line waving and tossing through theangry breakers encompassed by a hundred rod high held and panting lungs I springfrom the bridge, and blunder as I best may alongthe stony and uneven bank for another lOOyards with unabated speed. I am saved! Safefloats the line in the deep but still rapid and stormywater beyond the extrcmest breaker, and here, for-tunately for me, my antagonist slackens his speed,having felt the influence of a back-water which. SALMON-FJSHIAG. 83 guides him rather back to me, and I advance ina more rational manner, and in short sobs againt^he breath of hfe; but one aching arm must stillsustain the rod on high while the other reelsup as for very existence. Forward, brave Ole!and have the next boat ready in case the self-willed monster continues his reckless course,which he most surely will ; for, lo! in one fierywhizz out goes all the line which that tiredright hand had so laboriously reclaimed from thedeep, and down, proudly sailing mid-stream, mytemporary tyrant recommences his hitherto alltriumphant progress. I follow as I best may,but now, having gained the refuge of the boat,a few strokes of Oles vigorous boat-compellingoars recover me the line I had lost, and landme on the opposite bank, where, with open waterbefore me for some distance, I begin for thefirst time to realise the possibility of — Much hath been done, but more remains to do, G 2 84 SPORT. but of a less active, mo
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