12 TROUT-FISHING FOR THE BEGINNER 



During midsummer, that is in May, June 

 and July, trout take the minnow freely, and 

 when the water is raised by rain, sport is 

 almost certain. The best time in a flood is 

 when the water is rising, and again when the 

 flow is subsiding. The trout take minnow 

 more or less throughout the season, but the 

 aforementioned months are most profitable 

 to the angler. 



We have already mentioned the fact that 

 trout, when in condition, take up their own 

 individual feeding stations. A fish rising at a 

 fly will, whether he seize his prey or not, 

 always come back to the exact spot he started 

 from. His movements are generally ex- 

 tremely rapid, so fast in fact that the eye 

 can barely follow them. If disturbed from 

 his particular hover, a trout is not as a 

 rule long in returning to it. His memory 

 is really quite short, and he soon forgets 

 what were doubtless for him unpleasant 

 incidents. Anyone can easily prove this by 

 watching carefully the place from which a 

 disturbed trout has fled ; and it is surprising 

 what little effect such disturbances have on 

 the fish in the generality of cases. 



As previously mentioned, trout often lie 

 with their backs partially out of water 

 during the hot weather in June and July. 



