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running from under their arches, and likewise in 

 the reflux of streams where the water seems to 

 boil, and in the decline of summer they are to be 

 found near mill tails. In September they run 

 up to the shallow parts of streams, and enter 

 brooks and even ditches to spawn. As food they 

 are then, except in a few late rivers, good for 

 nothing, and are so weak that they afford the 

 angler no sport. In the early spring months trout 

 will take the worm all day long, but in the summer 

 months, with the usual weather, the artificial fly 

 is the best bait during the day hours. In the 

 morning and evening the worm and minnow will 

 kill well. Spinning the minnow in the way de- 

 scribed in the chapter on trolling is by far the 

 best way of using that bait for trout. In fishing 

 with a worm for trout, do not use a float, but 

 allow your worm to trip along a couple of inches 

 from the bottom of the water, your bottom-line 

 being shotted so as to prevent your bait from being 

 carried away by the stream. Sometimes spin 

 your worm slowly across or against the stream, 

 by means of a swivel on your foot-line, which 

 should be of the finest and best gut. As a general 

 rule, your tackle cannot be too fine for trout- 

 fishing. Keep away from the banks, make as little 

 noise as possible, and angle with every sort of 

 caution and delicate handling for trout, otherwise 

 you will not meet with success. 



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