Brown Trout 197 
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 fervor. A photograph 
of one | got in this season is shown (Fig. 175). It weighed 19 lbs., 
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. 
