ANGLING ON THE B0KDER8. 3') 



with almost like fly. The hook ought to vary in size 

 according to the general size of the worms, but per- 

 haps it is undesirable to use it larger than No. 11 or 

 smaller than No. 8 of Addlington's. The point of the 

 hook should he inserted a little below the head, and 

 the body of the worm drawn along the shank until it 

 completely covers the hook, leaving about one- third of 

 it to play beyond the point. Mr. Stewart recommends 

 a worm tackle made up of three or four small hooks, 

 Nos. 8 or 9, Bartlett's (5 or 4, Addlington's), tied to 

 the end of the thread of gut — the bend of the one 

 hook nearly touching the top of the one below it — 

 and the points of the hooks merely passed through 

 diflerent parts of the body of the worm. This gives 

 the worm a more natural appearance, and makes the 

 angler sure that when the trout seizes the worm there 

 wdll be the point of a hook in its mouth; but, of course, 

 on a narrow inspection, the trout will observe the 

 hooks or gut. We have had little experience of it, but 

 have heard it praised by old anglers who have tried it. 

 In using it the angler :must strike rapidly, as in fly- 

 fishing ; while, in fishing with one hook, he must let 

 the trout have a bite or two before he strikes. 



" Worm-fishing," says Mr. Stewart, "is the most 

 certain and deadly of all fishing ; and by it more trout 

 may be captured in the month of July than by any 

 other means in any other month of the year. And he 

 is not worthy of the name of ajigier who cannot in any 

 day of the month, when the water is clear^ kill from 

 fifteen to twenty pounds weight in any county in the 

 south of Scotland." Tested by this standard, several 

 very worthy persons of our acquaintance, who think 



