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ANGLING FOE GAME FISH. 



pleasant and most successful method of wonning in clear 

 water is to leave tlie deeps and very heavy waters alone, and 

 fish only the more quiet streams from 1ft. to 3ft. in depth. 

 Always be looking out for likely places for fish, and, having 

 noted them, cast your worm into them, keeping as much out of 

 sight of the fish as the nature of the ground and your own 

 skill will allow. The anglers who exercise a little thought 

 while fishing, and do not cast heedlessly here, there, or any- 

 where, bring home the best baskets. 



Generally speaking, any drag on the worm is to be avoided ; 

 but sometimes, and particularly in rather still water, the trout 

 seem to like a worm worked with a sink-and-draw motion: but for 



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Fig. 51. Hook with 

 Bent Shank. 



Fig. 50. Sliced Hook. 



this the tackle must be very fine. Some anglers occasionally spin 

 the worm, but I believe that where trout will take a spinning 

 worm well, they will take a spinning minnow better. Worms on 

 Stewart tackle will almost always spin ; but if on a single hook, 

 there must be a hog's bristle whipped on to the shank, to keep 

 the worm from slipping down; or a Marston sliced hook 

 (Fig. 50) may be used; or the end of the shank of an ordi- 

 nary hook may be softened, and bent out as shown in 

 Fig. 51. I need hardly say that, when spinning the worm, 

 one or two swivels must be tied in the cast. One may be 

 placed between the cast and the reel-line, and another about 

 the middle of the cast. 

 "With reference to this subject, the remarks on casting the fly 



