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overfished, the educated trout being 

 doubly difficult to approach, and still 

 harder to attract and bring to basket. 

 Wisdom as to the probable haunts 

 will prove useful, of course, but it has 

 often been demonstrated that the man 

 or boy knowing precisely the places 

 where the big fellows of bright colors 

 and suspicious nature have their 

 abiding pools, will win in a walk so 

 to speak along the banks of the 

 brook. 



Another essential point is to know 

 when to fish a matter worth care- 

 ful consideration. Experience in this, 

 as in other things, is the best teacher. 

 It is an old truism that the best time 

 to catch fish is when the fish will bite, 

 but in this respect the finny tribe, in- 

 dividually, if not collectively, seems 

 variable as the April weather during 

 the early days of the open season for 

 trquting. One soon learns that fish- 

 ing, when the water is high and dis- 

 colored from heavy rains, will prove 

 a delusion and disappointment; that 

 angling at mid-day, under a hot sun, 

 is likely to be unpleasant and unsuc- 



