242 THE TROUT 



Negligence and inattention frequently result in 

 wholesale loss loss which can hardly be retrieved or 

 compensated for by any amount of extra trouble taken 

 afterwards, for the season is gone. 



'Almost any one, 7 says Stone, 'in a favourable 

 locality can raise trout enough to feel rewarded for 

 his pains.' But do not imagine that success can be 

 secured without a sustained effort. 



To obtain good results trouble must be taken, and 

 there is no doubt that the best mental equipment for 

 a fish-culturist is the capacity for taking pains. 



