`git fetch` a remote branch

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The remote repository contains various branches such as origin/daves_branch:

$ git branch -r
origin/HEAD -> origin/master
origin/daves_branch
origin/master

How do I switch to daves_branch in the local repository so that it tracks origin/daves_branch? I tried:

$ git fetch origin daves_branch
$ git checkout daves_branch