38 WOKM-FISHING. 



The expert fills his basket in places that are 

 usually passed over earlier in the season. That 

 many anglers do so even during the worm months 

 is clearly shown by their poor takes. They 

 somehow prefer the deep strong rushes, of all 

 places the least reliable. The beginner should 

 miss over no water, however unproductive it may 

 appear to his eyes. 



WEATHER. Nothing helps the worm-fisher 

 more than sunshine; favoured with this, a 

 moderate breeze, and occasional showers, his 

 sport is almost a certainty, A close day with 

 drizzling rain is good, and also one with a cloudless 

 sky. Trout may be caught in all weathers ; even 

 on what may be termed an unfavourable day, viz. 

 one with dark clouds and a boisterous wind, the 

 angler may be successful by adopting the method 

 explained hereafter for fishing still water. 



A good breeze is of great importance ; it opens 

 up stretches of water at other times practically 

 unfishable. Of course when it is very strong it 

 is troublesome for casting ; yet on the whole we 

 much prefer moderate wind to calm weather ; it 

 gives the angler a variety of fishing. On still 

 days he is confined to the streams, but wind brings 

 into capital order many portions of the river that 

 afford quite as good sport as the broken water. 



We shall now endeavour to describe how best 

 to fish a river, and for the sake of clearness, 



