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The incidents that had to be deplored were what the salmon fisherman calls the kelt nuisance.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

Now I know it was the Food Poison Diet that gave you that svelte-kelt look!

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The gillie did not take up the gaff now, and my hopes were dashed, for it meant that he had recognised a kelt, which must be tailed.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

A similar bit of frivolity was practised by another fish ten minutes later at my middle rod, which, I forgot to say, had brought the well-mended kelt to bank.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

Two fish showed during the day, a shockingly black beggar of not less than 30 lb. which jumped out of the water, and another kelt which plunged out of range.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

Alas! it was kelt number two, and not more than 10 lb. at that.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

Let us still be thankful; a kelt is better than nothing,

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

Harling and the notebook were resumed, and lest we should settle down too readily to monotony, a flutter down stream betrayed the whereabouts of the Black Dog, betrayed also a wretched little kelt (about 5 lb.), called in these parts a "kelt grilse."

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

The first landing was to get rid of a kelt; and in all, if I may anticipate, we had five of them -- a small fish of, say, 6 lb., and the rest between 12 lb. and 15 lb.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

The boat of to-day, for example, accounted yesterday for one solitary kelt, though it had shared our experience of futile pulls and visible rises in the afternoon.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

Shelton coolly describes the lingering death of a spawned-out male, now known as a ‘kelt’ – the last of its names – lying in ‘the shallow tail of a pool’, with its arteries blocked and muscles wasted, its broken skin scarred by bacterial infections, as it slowly drowns in the water that seeps into its wounds.

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