1 5 6 MODERN SEA FISHING 



caught. I mention these hooks here because they are well 

 suited for sea trout fishing in the sea. I imagine other anglers 

 are beginning to overcome their prejudice to the novel shape, 

 for I see the hooks at Farlow's and other tackle-makers. I may 

 add that they are not patented or protected in any way. 



In Orkney and the adjacent islands it is a common practice 

 to fish for sea trout in salt water, but the worm, which is cast 

 by means of a fly rod, is a more favourite and more killing bait 

 than the fly. The largest sea trout are, as a rule, found on the 

 edge of a tideway and close to rocks on which there is a growth 

 of seaweed. They are exceedingly shy when the water is 

 clear. It is better to wade than to fish for them from a boat. 



Sometimes they will take neither 

 worm nor fly, showing a prefer- 

 ence for a sole-skin sand eel, 

 which hooks more fish than baits 

 which spin. The fish are mostly 

 found in water varying from two 

 to five feet. 



SEA-TROUT FLY ON ' SALMO 



IRRITANS' HOOK Mr. Moodie-Heddle, of Ork- 



ney, tells me that once when 



casting a sole-skin bait he was fortunate enough to catch two 

 trout weighing between nine and ten pounds each. They were 

 taken within six feet of the beach in about sixteen inches of 

 water. In Orkney, he says, the only killing fly for sea trout is 

 one dressed with a fiery brown cock's hackle tied Palmer 

 fashion to imitate a sand-hopper, and either with or without 

 wings of speckled grey feather of some kind. The brightly 

 coloured sea-trout flies used farther south have not proved 

 killing. 



Another bait used with much success and cast like a fly in 

 that part of the world is a mouse's tail, which is baited in the 

 following manner : The gut on a common round-bend worm 



