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afternoon take is gradually discontinued after the 

 first week of July. 



Our readers must not suppose that these hours 

 are kept very precisely. If the weather is 

 settled, there is little variation from day to day, 

 but frost, want of sunshine, and many other 

 causes, may retard the take for hours. Neither 

 is it to be imagined that trout do not feed except 

 at the hours mentioned; fairly good sport may 

 be got in smaller streams all through the day, 

 but nothing to be compared to what is enjoyed 

 when the feeding is general. 



As July draws to an end, trout show no special 

 relish for worms unless under very favourable 

 conditions. For two or three weeks at this 

 season, or up to the middle of August, they take 

 fly and worm very badly. May this be owing 

 to their feeding on the Caddis or immature 

 autumn flies ? Our experience favours this 

 theory. At any rate, when these flies appear 

 towards the end of the month, it is certain that 

 trout take them greedily, and continue doing so 

 during September. 



WHERE TO FISH. In June and July trout 

 scatter themselves over the shallows ; in fact 

 they may be captured in water hardly deep 

 enough to cover them. This is important to 

 keep in mind. It points out the character of 

 water in which the best sport is to be obtained 



