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minnow, but the most successful bait is a small trout. It is best to 

 have one rod mounted with a phantom and another with a small trout 

 trolled between the deep and the shallow water. I have found that 

 they take best on a dull and fairly rough day. They are now so much 

 sought after, however, that a good deal of patience is required to 

 catch one, and blank days are the rule. 



Many of the lakes in Ireland contain large ferox. A photograph 

 of one I got in this season is shown (Fig. 210). It weighed 19^ Ibs., 

 and was a real beauty. The flesh of these large trout is usually 

 well coloured and almost like that of the salmon, but not so good for 

 the table, as it is coarse, almost like that of a bull-trout. 



