BUSH OR SHADE FISHING. 77 



the trout, the angler can never be at a loss for 

 baits. The hawthorn fly, the green and grey drake, 

 the stone fly, the brown beetle or cockchafer, the 

 black beetle, and the brackenclock, used in this 

 way, will be found very killing baits. 



As I have been walking, says the author of the 

 Northern Angler, by the river side, in clear sun- 

 shiny days, when I was tired of catching the 

 small fry in the streams, I have observed large 

 trouts run from under the shade of bushes, that 

 hang over a yard or two upon the pools : I longed 

 to have some of these ; and, after many ineffectual 

 essays, and several trials, I contrived at last to catch 

 the best trouts that were in the pool. 



I generally begin fishing in the shade, or under 

 bushes, in May, and continue it all the three follow- 

 ing months, which we call the four hot months. Most 

 anglers, at this season, fish only in the mornings 

 and evenings, unless the sky is cloudy, and there is 

 a brisk wind on the pools ; then one may have good 

 sport, and kill large fish. 



In the hot season, however, when there is no 

 wind and the sun is shining, from ten o'clock in 

 the morning until about four or five in the after- 

 noon is the best time for shade fishing ; but, before 

 you try this method, if you expect to succeed, you 

 must be furnished with the following tackle : 



First, a rod, about twelve feet long, with a good 

 stiff top of what wood you please. Then you must 

 have a bag of good scoured maiden lobs, bos- 

 worms, and brandlings ; another little bag with cod- 



