Fish and Fishing 



tail to make all secure. A cast of fine single gut 

 should connect the prawn with the reel line of 



fine dressed silk. The number of split 

 Al^hods shots on the line must depend on the 



depth of water and force of the stream, 



but the prawn should lie in midwater as near as 



possible. Prawn tackle may be trailed after a 



,,, . . , boat or canoe, or merely cast across 



Working It , ,. , ' , *' , 



and a little down the stream, and 



allowed to work round like the fly; or it may be 

 cast into pools, allowed to sink, and then worked 

 with a sink and draw motion. 



The worm, which is no less odious to fly fishers 

 than the prawn, is a similar deadly bait for salm- 

 on. Worming is carried on when the water is still 

 thick, but clearing after a flood; also 

 good for the first few hours of a rise. 

 The usual method is to bait a large hook with three 

 or four common garden worms of the largest size, 

 threaded for half an inch in the middle of their 

 bodies; then cast into spots where salmon are 

 known to be plentiful. The worms are cast re- 

 peatedly, and are allowed to trip on, or along the 

 bottom. When a salmon seizes them the fish 

 should be given a few seconds to gorge, and if he 

 moves off at once, line should be played out, so 



that he feels no check. A weight on 

 Using ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^S' ^^ course, necessary, placed 



two feet from the bait, the weight de- 

 pending on the strength of the current. The bait 

 should be larger in very thick water than in water 

 only slightly colored. 



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