WORM FISHING AND SPINNING FOR TROUT 65 



The general plan of operations is somewhat as 

 follows : 



The fisherman, if he knows the water well, at once 

 marks the most likely place for trout, having due 

 regard to the state of the river : and instead of wast- 

 ing unnecessary time will begin at once to fish for 

 them. Across, up, or down stream is the order when 

 using this kind of tackle, and personally I have seen 

 more execution done when the hook is being worked 

 just opposite the angler than when in any other 

 position. The edges of runs where the water will 

 move the worm steadily ; deep holes ; almost any 

 place into which the hook can be dropped without 

 being ' hung up ; ' these are the spots to try ; and on 

 streams, such as the upper waters of the Till, I have 

 seen many and large trout killed by this method, 

 especially after a slight ' spate, 7 when the water was 

 * clearing off.' 



It is very pretty work, moreover, and work where- 

 in one who is acquainted with the inner mysteries of 

 this branch of the gentle art can demonstrate to the 

 full the fact, that in worm as in fly fishing a professor 

 will generally handsomely defeat a novice. 



Not only in comparatively small streams is worm 

 fishing with a single hook a deadly form of angling. 

 In rivers like the Tay when a flood is just running 



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