The Practice of Angling, Particularly As Regards Ireland
The Practice of Angling, Particularly As Regards Ireland
O'gorman. [from Old Catalog]
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I had lost so many flies and salmon by these stumps that I deter- mined on cross fishing it, and I got a tolerable angler in my neighbourhood to accompany me. We had a strong five-fly cross line, with silk line droppers, and our flies on all good three-gut ; and came on an excellent reach, with a fine breeze against the current, which was slight. We had only just com- menced, when a large flock of tame geese flew very swiftly over the river, and in a direct line with our cross line. We most unf...ortunately raised our hands, and in- stantly had three of them firm. It is almost impossible to describe the scene — splashing, swimming, flying, running up and down the river for nearly an hour ; and, to complete our confusion, at my com- panion's side, a set of outrageous women, hearing the noise and outcry, came down, VOL. II. H Digitized by LjOOQ IC 146 THE PRACTICE OF ANGLING. and if they could have got stones, would have annihilated him, charging him as the cause of the state their geese were in.
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