134 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
of attaching the dropper, staining the gut, &c., see pre- 
liminary Chapters on gut and knots. The method of 
working the flies, and the other observations as to the 
How, When, and Where of Brown Trout fly-fishing and 
minnow-fishing, apply also in almost every case to the 
Salmon Trout. Both this fish and Bull Trout will 
occasionally take the worm, but it is at best an uncertain 
bait. 
The observations in the Chapter on spinning for the 
common Brown Trout, Salmo fario, in lakes are appli- 
cable also to spinning for White Trout: a very small 
bait should be used. Spinning for White Trout is how- 
ever very uncertain work, especially in lakes, I have 
usually had the best sport in a strong breeze. In 
streams the natural minnow used as described in the 
Chapter on Minnow-spinning will sometimes fill a good 
basket with Sea Trout. The double-handed fly-rod, 
similar to that already recommended for Brown Trout 
fishing in lakes, will generally be found to answer best 
for White Trout fishing. 
When in full season, and tolerably fresh from the sea, 
the White Trout is bright and silvery, but as autumn 
spawning time approaches, the fish begin to lose 
their brilliancy of scaling, and acquire a reddish or 
blackish tinge. The most common weight is from one 
to five pounds, but specimens have been taken as heavy 
as twenty pounds. Last autumn I hooked and played 
for some time a Sea Trout which must have exceeded 
