76 TROUT-FISHING FOR THE BEGINNER 



used, a hooked trout can be swung uncere- 

 moniously ashore. 



There is, of course, a certain amount of 

 expectancy and mild excitement connected 

 with worm fishing in flooded water, but it 

 cannot compare with the fine art of fishing 

 the worm upstream in low, clear water. In 

 a flood, trout do not move very far upstream 

 or down, though they may come in closer 

 to the banks, and are usually found in the 

 shallower reaches. Wherever the rush of 

 the stream appears to be broken, a fish or 

 two are sure to be lurking, and these places 

 as well as the shallow edges should receive 

 attention. One can fish upstream or down, 

 but the latter is the best, for after the water 

 clears, the river can be fished back upstream 

 with the fly. But with the advent of June, 

 most of the streams are usually at dead-low 

 summer level, and with the sun beating 

 pitilessly down on the shrunken pools, fly- 

 fishing in the daytime is decidedly at a 

 discount. Then is the time to fish the clear- 

 water worm, which, besides being an art, is 

 a deadly method of killing fish. 



Although an ordinary stiff fly-rod of 9 feet 

 or 10 feet can be used, the angler will be better 

 equipped with a special weapon if he means 

 to practise this phase of sport regularly. 



