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others. Two hooks, the upper one of the size of a large 

 fly-hook, and the lower the very smallest worm-hook, 

 ought to be employed, and the baiting is managed by 

 entering the lower hook below the shoulder, passing it 

 through sideways, and bringing it back, while the 

 upper is passed through the shoulder, also sideways. 

 When two flies are used, the lower hook, after the first 

 is put on as described, has merely to be passed through 

 the shoulder of the second. Sport may, however, be 

 had with a single hook, and we have used the May-fly 

 pretty effectively upon an ordinary fly-hook, from which 

 the wings had been cut. With the May-fly it is of 

 little use to keeping whipping water inhabited only by 

 small trout ; but wherever large fish harbour, or are 

 observed feeding, it may be used with deadly effect. 

 A hot sunshiny day and clear water are favourable 

 for it, but it is also productive when the water is brown, 

 and we have had good sport with it in a gale, when it 

 was difficult to keep the line in the water. In such a 

 case it may be used in pools, but ordinarily streams 

 are the best, as it is there that trout do chiefly feed. 



Minnow-fishing is most effective in two states of 

 the water — when it is red just after a flood, before be- 

 coming fit for the use of the fly, and when it is dead 

 low in summer-time. In early spring, it may be 

 practised with success at almost any time, in water 

 which has just enough of flow to make the minnow 

 spin readily ; and at all seasons, when the water is clear, 

 this kind of fishing is greatly aided by a stiff breeze. 

 In spring or in flooded water a pretty large minnow 

 may be used, but in summer-time the bait can scarcely 



