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together afterwards by the river-side from 

 Ellemford upwards. We have rather spun 

 out our tale in trying to show how useful 

 this combination may sometimes be. We 

 got quite one-half of our basket with fly, 

 whilst the worm was attached at the tail; 

 but the best trout were taken by the worm. 



In the worm season, if a trout be seen to 

 rise at a fly, it is almost certain that that 

 trout will take the worm if it is carefully 

 and correctly presented. 



The extent to which water is oxygenated 

 by air is an undoubted factor, we consider, 

 in the happy and active existence of Salmo 

 fario. ' The livelier the water the livelier 

 the fish,' as a general rule, though we don't 

 mean to say there may not be some excep- 

 tions arising out of countervailing circum- 

 stances. 



Of large and small worms, of ' green' or 

 well-scoured worms we can say nothing new. 

 Yet we have met with anglers clear- water 

 anglers, too, of good practice who have 

 upheld ' green ' worms against small red 

 ones, ' because the former have more smell.' 

 ' The bee tie- crawler ' has some right to defend 



