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to enable you to put in your finger and thumb when 

 you want a fresh worm. This is wise, for it wastes 

 endless time to have to get the worm-box out of the 

 basket and then put it back again on every occasion 

 when a change or replacement of bait is required. 

 By means of the auxiliary bag much rapidity is 

 added to the incessant operation of putting on worms, 

 and the box in the basket acts as the necessary 

 reserve. So place a sufficient supply of worms in the 



FIG. 5. Treble-hooked Stewart tackle. 



bag and get to work. Try every tiny run, every inch 

 of water which will cover even the smallest trout. 

 When the worm is the bait all ordinary rules are held 

 in abeyance. You must swing, not throw the hook. 

 If you cast in the usual fly-fishing manner, it will 

 constantly happen that the worm jerks off. As your 

 rod should be somewhat stiff, this ' swinging ' is the 

 more easily managed. You are of course fishing up- 

 stream, and whenever you see the slightest check to 



