34 Trout C^llture. 



provided, and boards may be moored in the 

 stream for them to lie under. 



When " up " on the beds, which may be seen 

 at a glance, as the cock trout, or milter, works 

 the gravel into heaps, the nets must be got out 

 and the fish caught. One of the little flue or 

 trammel nets should be set at each end of the 

 beds, and then the shelters or covers of the beds 

 may be cautiously removed, when the fish will 

 fly into the nets. By the deft use of the large 

 landing nets, pairs of fish may be caught as they 

 lie in the stream ; but it is always advisable to 

 have the trammels set, as then there is no risk 

 of escape. 



If there are any holes under the banks made 

 by water-rats they should be examined, as trout 

 frequent them. If the net will not reach right 

 to the end of the hole, the arm must be thrust 

 in, and the hand will often find a fish at the end 

 of the opening : the hand is passed gently along 

 so as to be able to grasp the fish just above the 



