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No float, unless in very deep channels, where you caa 

 proceed gently by the river side, or follow in a boat 5 in 

 such case you will frequently, during hot days, find the 

 trouts inclined to bite ; but you will be more subject to 

 the attacks of perch, larlel, and chubs, if they are in 

 the waters. 



When you use a float, a swivel will be unnecessary ; 

 but I do not recommend a tripping- 1; ait, know.ing from 

 experience, that irouts prefer such baits as play freely in 

 the water, at about half depth usually 5 or such as by 

 near the ground. But there are waters in which the float 

 is almost indispensable. 



Trouts are keen after flics of all kinds, but are particu- 

 larly partial to the red and die black palmer ; also to the 

 yellow May- fly, while it is in season j the woodcock's 

 wing, die grouse-hackle, and die small brown locust. 



During the very close summer evenings, they wiU 

 take the double-winged fly, z. e. deep Iroivn and dral a 

 as well as the brown and the black ant-flies. 



The hooks in such flies ought never to exceed No. 4 ; 

 and in the common course of angling, perhaps No. 5 will 

 prove equal to every purpose. The jW- length should be 

 well-selected gut, coloured to the same tint as die water 

 you angle in ; or if it be very clear, your gut should be 

 of a very light blue, or green cast ; so as not to shew so 

 conspicuously as white gut is apt to dp^ when die sun 

 shines especially. 



The cunning of the trout renders every precaution ne- 

 cessary j therefore your knots must be very small, and 

 neatly tied down -, your gut si ould be single, but taper a 

 little 3 being rather thinner near the hook, and becoming 



gradually 



