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BY HOOK AND BY CROOK. 



retained, and, in consequence, thousands of little tilings 

 scarce four inches long are taken. So long as there is 

 no rule, many anglers will take all they catch, which 

 is a great mistake and should be stopped, to increase 

 the average size of the fish, although rivers which are 

 up one day and down the next will probably never con- 

 tain very large fish, especially when, as is frequently 

 the case, the supply of feed is not over-abundant. 



It is often worth while to try a cast or two where the 

 surface is covered by shifting patches of foam or froth, 

 circling in eddies beside the main stream, for occasionally 

 trout may be found feeding on drowned flies mixed up 

 in it, while the cover conceals their actions. 



The Fisherman's Companion. 



