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measured jerks ; sometimes drawn steadily against 

 the stream in one continued pull ; in short, there 

 is no possible mode of playing this lure which 

 may not prove successful in attracting trout, and, 

 remember, never lift your minnow till it is close 

 to the edge. 



A trout when fairly on the feed makes a grand 

 rash at a minnow ; this is the time to be cool, and 

 slacken your line for four or five seconds or so, 

 then strike full and firm, and in four cases out of 

 five your fish will be hooked. 



When the weather is warm, and the streams 

 small and clear, trout will take the minnow all 

 night ; the fish then feed in the shallow water at 

 the foot of pools, and at such times I have known 

 Tceen anglers capture many a good creel of yellow- 

 fins. 



