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pitching his bait before him into every little eddy, 

 run or depression, and working it down how he 

 may. To net a fish in this position, the butt of 

 the rod can be rested upon the bank, the rest 

 laid in the water, and the trout brought within 

 reach by the line. Wherever a bed of weed, a 

 shelf of rock or an old log borders a run is likely 

 to be the haunt of a sizeable fish. In most cases 

 of trout-bites the yielding hand, which growing 

 experience of brook worm-fishing will make 

 habitual, teaching it to follow the trout with 

 corresponding quickness, and not allowing the 

 least restraint to be felt, is essential to success. 



There are some deep, sluggish brooks, generally 

 well-weeded, with long reaches of dead water. In 

 such it will be sufficient to drop the bait into 

 every available spot under one's own side first, 

 into gaps between weeds, into any open parts 

 and under the other side, and sink and draw it 

 slowly. 



Warm, windless days with occasional heavy 

 showers are likely to be favourable, also misty 

 days with a high temperature and a light air from 

 any southerly direction. Again, trout often take 

 the worm well on blazing summer days, but are 

 then nearly certain to go ' off ' as the afternoon 

 wanes, until about sunset. The worst of all 



