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SLOWER RHYTHMS If I wanted to catch the slower rhythms From the middle runs of the stream I would need to wade in the shallows Where the fry are starting to team But by way of incidentals After they analysed the beat They found that two to four seconds Was a line with natural feet And this was universally so With most lines averaging three Or so said Turner and Poppel In nineteen eighty three So if I wanted to catch the slower rhythms I would need to climb higher than two As my line curled with mazy motion Above the streams round Xanadu From my backcast to my forward throw I would need to be aiming for four And gently bring my line to fish Several rod lengths from the shore Keith Thompson May 1999

Friday 14^th July 2006