DAPPING ioi 



the head, run through the body and out near the 

 tail. Grasshoppers can be fished by any of the 

 previous methods. 



One more lure deserves mention, and that is the 

 black beetle to be got under, or in, cow-droppings 

 a few days old. Two sorts may be found ; one 

 with a reddish belly which is not worth trying, and 

 the entirely black one, to which I refer. This 

 will sometimes do great execution, both in bright, 

 sultry conditions and on warm, cloudy days, but 

 not in windy weather. One hook, the same as for 

 grasshoppers, is used. To bait, holding the beetle 

 in the left fingers, back upwards, by examining 

 the back, a small triangular-shaped mark appears 

 just below the head. Through this mark the 

 hook is inserted, carried through the body, and 

 out at the end of the belly, leaving the bend of 

 the hook exposed. The wing-cases should then 

 be opened, and by blowing under them the wings 

 are made to stand out, which is necessary. The 

 beetle does best under the surface, and a small 

 pellet of shot is advisable a little above the hook. 

 It can be fished, casting upstream, in every 

 description of water, slow or rapid, and will kill 

 trout equally well in shallow runs as in pools or 

 quick stickles. It may be cast, as a worm, into 

 every nook and corner where a trout may be 



