WORM-FISHING. 113 
and line will conveniently admit, the bait should be 
allowed to be carried back with the current nearly to the 
angler’s feet. If in its passage the line comes to a 
sudden stop, the nature of which is not obvious, or if a 
fish evidently takes the bait, the latter should be allowed 
to remain for three or four seconds motionless, when 
the angler should strike,—not very hard, as the hooks 
are small, but still firmly and decidedly. 
In worm-fishing for Trout, perhaps more than in any 
other kind of fishing, the short-handled pocket net de- 
scribed at page 64 will be found an invaluable auxiliary. 
