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But he had known every inch of the water since he was four feet high. BUT HE HAD KNOWN EVERY INCH OF THE WATER SINCE HE WAS FOUR FEET HIGH
 trout. “Good sport, dear!” said the mother, from the terrace. “’Fraid it won’t be, mummy. All those men from town, and the girls particularly, have put every trout off his feed for weeks. There isn’t one of ’em that cares for fishin’—really. Fancy stampin’ and shoutin’ on the bank, and tellin’ every fish for half a mile exactly what you’re goin’ to do, and then chuckin’ a brute of a fly at him! By Jove, it would scare _me_ if I was a trout!” But things were not as bad as he had expected. The black gnat was on the water, and the water was strictly preserved. A three-quarter-pounder at the second cast set him for the campaign, and he worked down-stream, crouching behind the reed and meadowsweet; creeping between a hornbeam hedge and a foot-wide strip of bank, where he could see the trout, but where they could not distinguish him from the background; lying almost on his stomach to switch the blue-upright sidewise through the checkered shadows of a gravelly ripple under overarching trees.  DOWN TO THRASH IT ABOUT AMONG THE TROUT GOOD SPORT DEAR SAID THE MOTHER FROM THE TERRACE FRAID IT WON'T BE MUMMY ALL THOSE MEN FROM TOWN AND THE GIRLS PARTICULARLY HAVE PUT EVERY TROUT OFF HIS FEED FOR WEEKS THERE ISN'T ONE OF EM THAT CARES FOR FISHING REALLY FANCY STAMPING AND SHOUTING ON THE BANK AND TELLING EVERY FISH FOR HALF A MILE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AND THEN CHUCKING A BRUTE OF A FLY AT HIM BY JOVE IT WOULD SCARE ME IF I WAS A TROUT BUT THINGS WERE NOT AS BAD AS HE HAD EXPECTED THE BLACK GNAT WAS ON THE WATER AND THE WATER WAS STRICTLY PRESERVED A THREE QUARTER POUNDER AT HIS SECOND CAST SET HIM FOR THE CAMPAIGN AND HE WORKED DOWNSTREAM CROUCHING BEHIND THE REED AND MEADOW SUITE CREEPING BETWEEN A HORNBEAM HEDGE AND A FOOT WIDE STRIP OF BANK WHERE HE COULD SEE THE TROUT BUT WHERE THEY COULD NOT DISTINGUISH HIM FROM THE BACKGROUND LYING ALMOST ON HIS STOMACH TO SWITCH THE BLUE UPRIGHT SIDEWAYS THROUGH THE CHEQUERED SHADOWS OF A GRAVELLY RIPPLE UNDER OVERARCHING TREES
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