100 TROUT-FISHING FOR THE BEGINNER 



a small strip cut from a white-kid glove makes 

 a good substitute. 



There is a novelty about night fishing that 

 makes it a pleasant change from angling 

 during the daylight hours. The wild life of 

 the night is abroad, and in addition to the 

 sounds of rising fish one hears the loud hoot- 

 ing of the owls, which rings out with eerie 

 suddenness. Sometimes you may chance to 

 glimpse another fisherman, the otter, at work, 

 who, like yourself, is bent upon securing a 

 succulent dish of trout. Him you may see 

 floating like a log with the current or drawing 

 himself out on to some convenient stone, a 

 plump fish between his sharp teeth. Amongst 

 the debris on the banks rats scuttle about, 

 their squeaks and rustlings adding to the 

 other strange noises of the night. Gradually 

 an indefinite something in the east gives 

 warning of the approach of dawn, and one 

 by one nearby objects begin to stand out 

 from the general blackness. Colour too comes 

 creeping in, until at last the fields are once 

 more green, and the world is awake. Your 

 thoughts then turn towards home and break- 

 fast, not the least interesting item of the latter 

 being a few freshly cooked trout, which came 

 to your net when other people were in bed. 



