The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . deemed impossibleto reach these fish, until the idea of casting a wormwith the fly-rod crossed the mind of an ingeniouslocal angler, who thus managed to lure a fishor two out of their charming July quarters. Now and again we hear of sensational takes ofbarbel being made. This usually occurs after along drought, when, owing to the river havingfallen exceedingly low, the fish have collected indeep holes. Then comes two or three days heavyrain, and before the river has risen enough tocause the fish to betake themselves to
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . deemed impossibleto reach these fish, until the idea of casting a wormwith the fly-rod crossed the mind of an ingeniouslocal angler, who thus managed to lure a fishor two out of their charming July quarters. Now and again we hear of sensational takes ofbarbel being made. This usually occurs after along drought, when, owing to the river havingfallen exceedingly low, the fish have collected indeep holes. Then comes two or three days heavyrain, and before the river has risen enough tocause the fish to betake themselves to their usualquarters, the water colours a little, some fortunateangler baits up the hole, finds there are barbel onthe scene, and sometimes catches them, not bythe pound, but by the hundredweight. Fortu-nately, as a rule, when this takes place, the greatmajority arc returned. Barbel, indeed, deservegenerous treatment at the hands of anglers, for,as I said at the commencement of the chapter,they apparently live only to provide sport. Theyare the carted deer among
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