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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke: nine inches must be gently restored to the water. No instrument of
capture must be used except the angle in the hand. The card of
legitimation must be produced and exhibited at the polite request
of any of the keepers of the river." Thus duly authorised and
instructed, I sallied forth to seek my pastime according to the
law.
The easiest way, in theory, was to take the afternoon train up the
river to one of the villages, and fish down a mile or two in the
evening, returning by the eight o'clock train. But in practice the
habits of the fish interfered seriously with the latter part of
this plan.
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