The Trout 



a most seductive manner on tfie hook. Its 

 effect is heightened, and its resemblance to 

 a Hving Insect Is more pronounced, If the eye 

 of a trout is first impaled on the hook 

 through its enveloping membrane, care 

 being taken not to puncture the eyeball. 



I was once fishing with fin-bait in Wis- A Fish Story 

 consin, early in the season when the stream 

 was milky, when one trout was badly 

 hooked, the point of the hook forcing out 

 the eyeball, which hung on Its cheek. I 

 carefully unhooked the fish and plucked off 

 the eye, when the unfortunate trout flopped 

 out of my hand Into the stream before I 

 could kill It. I added the eyeball to my fin- 

 bait, and strange to say I soon caught the 

 same trout with Its- own eye! While this 

 story may be more difficult for the unini- 

 tiated to swallow than for the trout to bolt 

 Its own eye, It Is nevertheless true, and may 

 be taken as proof that fish are not very 

 sensitive to pain. 



The equipment recommended for fly- Tools and 

 fishing will answer just as well for bait- 

 fishing, as the baits commonly used are 



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