Groping for trouts in a peculiar river.

Groping for trouts in a peculiar river.

And angling too, that solitary vice,
What Izaak Walton sings or says:
The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, read more

And angling too, that solitary vice,
What Izaak Walton sings or says:
The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet
Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.

Lie thou there; for here comes the trout that must be caught with
tickling.

Lie thou there; for here comes the trout that must be caught with
tickling.

You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]

You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]

For trouts are tickled best in muddy water.

For trouts are tickled best in muddy water.

There's no taking trout with dry breeches.

There's no taking trout with dry breeches.

And though it be a two-foot trout,
'Tis with a single hair pulled out.

And though it be a two-foot trout,
'Tis with a single hair pulled out.

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a
trout in the milk.

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a
trout in the milk.

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the
universe. To him, all good things--trout as well read more

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the
universe. To him, all good things--trout as well as eternal
salvation--come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not
come easy.