94 BROOK OR SPECKLED TROUT. 



DROP FISHING. 



Another method of taking trout, is that which 

 is termed drop fishing, which is merely using a 

 baited hook, attached to the end of the line, 

 having a sinker placed upon the line, about one 

 foot above the hook. The most common bait, 

 by far, is the angle worm, too well known to 

 need a description. Grasshoppers are also ex- 

 cellent bait, and may be used on the surface of 

 the water, or sunk beneath it. Small fish are 

 sometimes used with great success, particularly 

 when fishing for large trout. 



don't frighten the fish. 



Too much care cannot be taken, to avoid be- 

 ino" seen by the fish, for if once frightened no 

 kind of bait will tempt them to bite. 



The six following cuts were taken from mi- 

 croscopic drawings, made by myself with great 

 care. Fig. 1 represents the spermatozoa of the 

 male trout: one drjop of the sperm was put in 

 six ounces of water, and one drop of this diluted 

 sperm, between two jDcices of plate-glass, was 

 placed under the microscope with a high power. 

 Countless numbers of spermatozoids were seen 

 moving rapidly in every direction ; they were 

 simply ovoid bodies, having no caudal appendage. 



The cut conveys a good idea of their appearance. 



