no TROUT-FISHING IN BROOKS 



required, and a long-shanked Kendal pattern, 

 size 4 (old scale) , would answer well. It is entered 

 at the mouth of the minnow, run through, brought 

 out at the vent, and then slightly caught in the 

 skin at either side. Thus equipped, the fisher- 

 man, keeping rigorously out of sight, undershoots 

 his lure upstream into every little nook and corner 

 likely to harbour a trout, into the depressions in 

 a broken stickle, bank eddies, under bushes, into 

 all runs from the tail up, into deeps and quiet 

 spots under foliage, and into shallows, except 

 those which are extremely attenuated. In a 

 word, this method is almost identical with clear- 

 water worm-fishing. Shallow runs well bushed 

 often hold sizeable trout. Fish the quieter edges 

 of stickles before trying the main current, and in 

 all flats, or where there is no appreciable flow to 

 hurry the bait allow it to sink to the bottom and 

 rest a few moments. Should nothing then 

 happen, raise it to near the surface, give it a sharp 

 drag, and let it sink again. The chances are that 

 it will attract attention and be pouched. This 

 casting, or undershooting, should be very light 

 and neatly executed, no splash-in of the bait. 

 When a touch is felt, give way instantly by 

 lowering the hand and following the trout's 

 movements with the rod, and, if necessary, easing 



