"Let go of him till I shtick him!" said he.
"I won't," spluttered Paddy; "he'll get away."
"Let go of him, I tell ye!"
"Prod him now, daddy, where he is;" and seeing his chance, prod him Denis did, and dragged him kicking out on the gravel bank, Paddy, breathless and exhausted, still holding on to him.
It was a splendid salmon, and it weighed thirty-eight pounds, and I went home, not feeling as if I cared to pursue fly-fishing any further that day.
