70 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



cast from below, as the trout heads upstream in 

 swift waters and is not as likely to lamp you. In 

 fishing a very small stream, where casting is prac- 

 tically impossible owing to the brush, the flies can be 

 guided twenty to thirty feet ahead by the rod and 

 run into every likely spot and nook, as the current 

 and rod do the work, taking the fly around rocks and 

 eddies, where the fkli lie awaiting the natural flies 

 and insects as they float downstream. 



TROUT GORGE ANGLEWORMS 



Early in the season the common angleworm is 

 considered a delicacy by the trout and if this bait is 

 floated downstream under a shelving bank or around 

 a log, which makes an ideal hiding place for trout, 

 it's a twenty-to-one shot that another fish will be 

 added to the creel. Hook the worm so that the 

 entire hook is covered, using a No. 6 or 8 snelled 

 hook. Always fish downstream with worms, as the 

 natural action of the current carries the worms down 

 stream. Let the bait float from about thirty feet 

 above the spot where you anticipate the trout are 

 lying and throw in the shut-off on all noise. 



Do not try to exceed the speed limit, but fish every 

 pool as you go along. Many fish are missed through 

 hurrying along and fishing only the most likely holes. 

 The careful fisherman brings home the best creel, and 

 care with a cap " C " is the big thing in fishing for 

 the crafty, gamy trout. 



